The government will give Tk 200,000 compensation to each of the families of 10 Bangladeshi workers who died due to suffocation during a fire in Bahrain on Sunday.
The decision on giving compensation was taken at an emergency meeting of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Welfare Board on Tuesday, expatriates' welfare minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain told reporters at his Secretariat office.
Besides the financial assistance, the governing will also bear all the expenses of bringing back the bodies from Bahraini capital Manama.
The minister said that the government would try to realise compensation from the companies for which the ill-fated workers worked since they all travelled to Bahrain on legitimate work visas. "We're discussing the matter with the authorities concerned of Bahrain."
The bodies would be brought home from Bahrain by a Gulf Airlines flight since there is no flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in Bahrain, he said.
Ten Bangladeshi workers died due to suffocation as a fire broke out at a makeshift labour accommodation in East Riffa area, some 30 kilometres from Manama, early on Sunday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit.
Nine of the 10 workers hailed from Comilla and one from Chandpur.
Responding to a query, Mosharraf said autopsy would be conducted after the bodies are brought home if their family members want that.
First Secretary of Bangladesh High Commission in Bahrain Mohammad Ibrahim said on Monday that after the post-mortem examinations, the Bahrain government said that the Bangladeshis had died in their sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning created from the smoke.
Earlier, Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa ordered an urgent investigation into the tragedy and directed the ministries of interior, labour, and municipalities and urban planning affairs to look into the causes and ensure that such incidents do not recur.
Prince Khalifa offered his condolences to the bereaved families and instructed the authorities concerned to send back the bodies to Bangladesh soon.
The decision on giving compensation was taken at an emergency meeting of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Welfare Board on Tuesday, expatriates' welfare minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain told reporters at his Secretariat office.
Besides the financial assistance, the governing will also bear all the expenses of bringing back the bodies from Bahraini capital Manama.
The minister said that the government would try to realise compensation from the companies for which the ill-fated workers worked since they all travelled to Bahrain on legitimate work visas. "We're discussing the matter with the authorities concerned of Bahrain."
The bodies would be brought home from Bahrain by a Gulf Airlines flight since there is no flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in Bahrain, he said.
Ten Bangladeshi workers died due to suffocation as a fire broke out at a makeshift labour accommodation in East Riffa area, some 30 kilometres from Manama, early on Sunday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit.
Nine of the 10 workers hailed from Comilla and one from Chandpur.
Responding to a query, Mosharraf said autopsy would be conducted after the bodies are brought home if their family members want that.
First Secretary of Bangladesh High Commission in Bahrain Mohammad Ibrahim said on Monday that after the post-mortem examinations, the Bahrain government said that the Bangladeshis had died in their sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning created from the smoke.
Earlier, Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa ordered an urgent investigation into the tragedy and directed the ministries of interior, labour, and municipalities and urban planning affairs to look into the causes and ensure that such incidents do not recur.
Prince Khalifa offered his condolences to the bereaved families and instructed the authorities concerned to send back the bodies to Bangladesh soon.
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