HC seeks list of Bangladeshi workers who died building Qatar World Cup stadiums
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment have been asked to prepare the list and submit it within a month
The High Court (HC) has ordered the foreign ministry and the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry to prepare and submit a list of Bangladeshi workers who died building the stadiums for the FIFA World Cup held in Qatar in December 2022.
A High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order on public interest during a hearing on a writ petition in this regard on Monday.
The ministries were asked to submit the list within a month.
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At the same time, the court has issued a ruling seeking explanation why the families of 450 Bangladeshi migrant workers should not be given adequate compensation if the workers died while working in inhumane conditions.
Earlier, a writ petition was filed, claiming that at least 450 Bangladeshi workers had died while working in inhumane conditions in Qatar. It sought directions to compensate the families of those workers.
Barrister Masud R Sobhan filed the writ petition on 13 December 2022 in public interest. Reports published in various international media about the death of workers in Qatar were attached to the petition.
