Dhaka, March 4 -- A single phone call and one lucky number has turned the life of a Bangladeshi migrant worker upside down in the United Arab Emirates.

Jahangir Alam, a 44-year-old shipbuilding worker, has won 20 million dirhams (approximately Tk 670 million) in the Big Ticket lottery, organised by Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi.

Life as a migrant had been tough -- long hours of hard work and constant worries about the future. But on Monday, everything changed in an instant. Fortune came calling at the most unexpected moment -- right in the middle of his prayers.

On Feb 11, Jahangir purchased Big Ticket coupon 134469, hoping for a win. For three years, he had been buying lottery tickets without success, yet he never lost hope...