, Oct. 31 -- "I asked him for some money to buy fruits. He told me he would send money on the 12th and asked me to buy fruits and eat. But on August 9, my son was burnt to death in a fire. He left me behind. I have lost everything. How will I survive without him?"

With tears rolling down her cheeks, Nargis Begum, mother of Shahin, one of the Bangladeshi workers killed in a factory fire in Saudi Arabia, recalled her last conversation with her son.

She has been waiting for nearly two-and-a-half months for his body to return home.

Visiting Shahin's home in the Par Naogaon area of Naogaon town on Saturday morning it was found that Nargis was inconsolable.

Relatives and neighbours had also gathered there, waiting to see his body one last t...