Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Eighteen days after his death in the UAE, expatriate July activist Abdul Hamid was laid to rest with state honours at his family grave in Noapara Union of Rauzan, Chattogram, on Friday.
His body arrived at Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Abu Dhabi. Relatives broke down in tears as they received his remains, which were formally handed over to the family in the presence of a magistrate and government officials.
Last year, hundreds of Bangladeshi migrant workers in the UAE joined the anti-fascist July movement, expressing solidarity with pro-democracy protests at home. UAE police later arrested 57 Bangladeshis for their participation. They were later released throu...