Play store
Two Bangladeshi migrant workers have died of heart-related complications in the Maldives within a day of each other, leaving their families back home facing uncertainty and financial hardship.
The deceased were identified as Md Dulal Hossain, 50, and Md Kamrul Islam, 52. Dulal’s body is expected to arrive in Bangladesh today, while arrangements are underway to repatriate Kamrul’s remains.
Md Jasim Uddin, welfare assistant at the Bangladesh High Commission in the Maldives, confirmed their deaths on Monday.
Dulal, from Jagadishpur village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila, died at a hospital in the capital, Male, on Thursday after suffering a heart attack. His body is scheduled to be brought home on Tuesday with support from the High Commission and financial assistance from the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board.
His nephew, Md Hafezul Islam, said Dulal had moved to the Maldives about 10 years ago in search of a livelihood and worked at various shops in Male without valid documents.
He said Dulal fell ill shortly after returning from the washroom following dinner on Thursday night. He was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Kamrul, a resident of Bahadia village in Pakundia upazila of Kishoreganj, had reportedly been unwell for several days. His wife, Hosne Ara Begum, said his condition deteriorated and he was admitted to a hospital on Friday morning. Although she spoke to him while he was receiving treatment, she was informed of his death later that afternoon.
In an emotional account, Hosne Ara said the family had borrowed money, including loans at high interest, to send Kamrul abroad in the hope of a better future. He died just one month after arriving in the Maldives.
Now left to care for their two children, she is struggling to cope with the loss while facing the burden of debt and an uncertain future.
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Maldives Mohammad Nazmul Islam expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families.