Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Ten Bangladeshi workers were among 13 people burnt to death in the Bahraini capital Manama on Friday as a fire raged through a three-storey building used as a bachelors’ camp, officials said in Dhaka on Saturday.
Two of their compatriots also sustained injuries in the blaze, according to the foreign ministry officials.
Of the deceased, two were identified as Nazir Ahmed, son of Sakir Ahmed; and Jasim, son of Abu Naser Mia, of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria, said Shameem Ahsan, director general of external publicity wing of the foreign ministry, quoting Bangladesh mission in Bahrain.
The deceased were identified by their cards, embassy sources said.
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