Bodies of four Bangladeshi workers killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia on January 31, were flown to Dhaka yesterday.
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury received the bodies at the airport in the morning and later handed over to their relatives.
The victims are Abdul Quader of Gabtali Upazila in Bogra, Arifur Rahman of Sreerampur upazila in Narial, Harun of Begumganj upazila in Noakhali and Selim Bhuiyan of Pakundia upazila in Kkishoreganj district.
Iftekhar told newsmen at the airport that the government and the nation as a whole are deeply shocked at the loss of 12 Bangladeshi workers in the tragic accident.
He said each family of the victims will be given Tk one lakh as compensation and Tk 20,000 for burial. The money will be given from the Wage Earners Welfare Fund.
Twelve Bangladeshi construction workers were killed in the road accident in Saudi capital Riyadh on January 31. One was buried there and bodies of seven others will be brought home next week.