Four Brothers From Oman Laid To Rest Together

The bodies of four expatriate Bangladeshi brothers, who died inside a stationary vehicle in the Muladdah area of the South Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman, have been repatriated to Bangladesh. The aircraft carrying the mortal remains of the deceased siblings, Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG-722, touched down at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday evening, 19 May, at approximately 08:15 pm.

The Member of Parliament for the Rangunia constituency, Hummam Quader Chowdhury, was physically present at the airport during the formal procedures to hand over the bodies to the grieving relatives. The lawmaker expressed profound condolences regarding the tragic and unexpected loss of the four family members simultaneously. Furthermore, he commended the prompt initiatives and collaborative coordination executed by the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, alongside the Embassy of Bangladesh in Oman, which successfully expedited the repatriation process of the deceased individuals.

As part of the immediate administrative protocols established by the government, the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment distributed a financial grant of 35,000 Bangladeshi Taka to each family unit. This emergency monetary allocation was provided directly to the next of kin at the airport terminal to cover the immediate logistics of transportation, hearse services, and subsequent burial expenses.

Repatriation to Chittagong and Local Mourning

According to verified reports received from members of the family, the coffins containing the four brothers were loaded into designated ambulances immediately after completing airport customs clearances and were transported during the night to their ancestral home located within the Rangunia Upazila of the Chittagong District.

The catastrophic loss of four active breadwinners from a single household has cast a deep shroud of grief across the entire local community, with hundreds of neighbours, relatives, and well-wishers gathering at the family residence to offer solidarity.

The family administration has structured the timeline for the final religious rites to take place on Wednesday, 20 May. The collective funeral prayer, known as the Janaza, is scheduled to be performed at 11:00 am within the open grounds of the Nesarabad Lalanagar High School. Following the conclusion of the public funeral services, the brothers will be taken to their permanent resting place within their ancestral family graveyard.

In preparation for the final interment, local volunteers and family members have already excavated four adjacent, parallel graves side by side, allowing the siblings to be laid to rest in close proximity to one another.

Background of the Overseas Tragedy

This repatriation operation follows a recent incident in the Sultanate of Oman that drew widespread attention within the expatriate community. Local law enforcement authorities and medical emergency teams in the South Al Batinah region had discovered the unresponsive bodies of the four Bangladeshi expatriates inside a closed vehicle parked in the Muladdah area.

Following the initial discovery by Omani officials, the bodies had been transferred to a local mortuary facility for administrative and forensic documentation. The Embassy of Bangladesh in Muscat subsequently coordinated with the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Royal Oman Police to complete the required legal verifications, cancel the civil registrations, and arrange the logistics for flight BG-722 to ensure the four brothers could be returned to Bangladeshi soil for their final rites.