UAE road tragedy: Roll call of the dead grows as 22 officially named

The Bangladesh Embassy has identified and released the names of 20 victims from the UAE's deadliest crash.

Khurshid Alam (around 26 years old big photo ) and his younger brother Masoud Alam (smaller photo) who died in the Al Ain crash. Pawan Singh / The National
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Today the roll call of identified men who died in the UAE's worst crash stands at 22 after the Bangladesh Embassy released the names of 20 of its citizens who perished in the Al Ain accident.
Latiful Haq Kazmi, labour counsellor of the Bangladesh Embassy, also said they expect two more countrymen to be among the 24 who suffocated to death when a lorry overturned, crushing the bus carrying 48 men and pouring its load of building materials on to those trapped inside.
Names of Al Ain Road crash victims now identified are:
1- Shajan Mollah, Bangladeshi
2- Basha Shaikh Alif, Bangladeshi
3- Mohammad Borhan Uddin, Bangladeshi
4- Mohammad Arif, Bangladeshi
5- Noor Alam, Bangladeshi
6- Mohammad Alauddin, Bangladeshi
7- Wasir Ali, Bangladeshi
8- Mohammad Faruk Hussain, Bangladeshi
9- Uzzal Miah, Bangladeshi
10- Rokon Munshi, Bangladeshi
11- Anowar Hussain, Bangladeshi
12- Joynal Kabiraz, Bangladeshi
13- Mohammead Hashem, Bangladeshi
14- Habibur Rahman, Bangladeshi
15- Mohammad Sirazul Islam Mazumder, Bangladeshi
16- Uzzal Biswas, Bangladeshi
17- Mohammed Noorul Alam, Bangladeshi
18- Mohammed Khursheedul, Bangladeshi
19- Farooq Hussain (s/o Munir Hassan), Bangladeshi
20- Masood Zada., Bangladeshi
21- Ajbool Shaikh Hannan, Indian
22- Ahmed Bakir, Egyptian
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