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Two BD workers die in Riyadh fire incident

FE Report | Friday, 19 September 2014



Two Bangladeshi workers died in a fire incident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tuesday last.
Mizanur Rahman, second secretary (labour) of Bangladesh mission in Saudi Arabia conveyed the message in a letter to the expatriate's welfare ministry.   
It is learnt that a fire broke out at midnight (local time) September 16 at a factory in Riyadh's Solai area.
The deceased have been identified as Rabiul Islam from Jan Pratikula village, Muradnagar Upazila of Comilla and Iqbal Hossain from Chapitala village of the same Upazila.
The bodies have been kept at Somaisi Hospital in Riyadh, the letter mentioned.