Dhaka, Sept. 15 -- Mustafa Kamal Nannu, Tangail Correspondent

They left their homeland with dreams in their eyes and burdens on their backs-burdens of poverty, hope, and responsibility. But what awaited them abroad was not prosperity, but premature death. In a deeply tragic incident, two brothers fromKodim Dhalya village under Mirzapur upazila in Tangaildied of strokes inSaudi Arabia, just a month apart.

The deceased areNazrul Islam (45)andAminur Islam (35), sons of late Kabir Uddin. Nazrul had been working in Saudi Arabia for over three and a half years. He was expected to return home on5 August, but he died suddenly on28 July. His younger brother Aminur, who had taken a hefty loan ofTk 800,000to go abroad about 18 months ago, was prep...