Chinese Worker Dies at Barapukuria Coal Mine

A Chinese worker died while working underground at the Barapukuria Coal Mine in Dinajpur, the country’s only operational coal mine.

The worker, identified as 43-year-old Mr Chang Xiao Jun, was rescued from the mine’s Phase 1405 on Tuesday morning and taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

According to mine authorities, Chang was working with a team in Phase 1405 in the early hours of Tuesday. After completing their scheduled shift, other team members returned to the surface, but he did not. His colleagues then alerted the mine’s control room.

A rescue team later found him along an underground roadway and brought him to the surface before rushing him to the hospital for treatment.

Khan Md Zafar Sadik, general manager of the mine’s Mining Operations Department, confirmed the incident. He said the cause of death had not yet been determined, as medical examinations were still pending. No visible injury marks were found on the worker’s body.

The Chinese consortium operating the mine will take further steps regarding the body in accordance with its own procedures, he added