Bangladesh High Commission in Maldives has confirmed identities of the two Bangladesh nationals who were killed in a fire that broke out in building housing foreign workers in the Maldives capital early Thursday.  The High Commission also identified the injured Bangladeshi who is undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Male. Read more: Maldives FM condoles death of 2 Bangladeshis in fire The deceased expatriates were Asia Begum, passport no: BK0977764, daughter of Zorif Ali from Pirpur village in Dhanbaria upazila of Tangail and Uzzal, passport no: EG0289266, son of Golam from Ayma rasulpur village in Panchbibi upazila of Jaypurhat, said the High Commission quoting the Ministry of foreign Affairs, Maldives.  Meanwhile, another Bangladeshi, Tyob, son of Rokon Molla, from Bhanga upazila in Faridpur is currently under treatment at IGM hospital. Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has expressed sympathy to Bangladesh over the death of two Bangladeshis in a tragic fire in Male. Read more: 2 Bangladeshis among 11 feared dead in Maldives fire In a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday, Maldives Minister Shahid said it seems to be an accident and a full investigation into the matter is underway. Momen requested his Maldives counterpart to ensure identities of the victims in detail.He also sought salvation of the departed souls and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family members. In a separate message, the Maldives Foreign Minister said he is deeply saddened by the news of a tragic fire in Male that has taken the lives of 11 expatriate workers and affected several families. "Our thoughts and prayers are with families of the deceased and affected," he tweeted.

Two Bangladeshis are feared dead among 11 workers who were killed in a fire that broke out in a building housing foreign workers in the Maldives capital early Thursday. Another Bangladeshi was injured and hospitalised, an official at Bangladesh High Commission in Maldives told UNB. Read more: 10 shops, bank branch gutted in Ctg market fire Details of the deceased are yet to be known as their documents were destroyed in the fire, the official added. He identified the injured as Tayab. Read more: Electric transformer catches fire behind Gulshan Central Mosque "We will hopefully be able to know details once we can talk to the injured person. He is not in a position to talk at this moment," the official added. Maldives police spokesman Yoonus Sobah said the fire broke out in the building after midnight, reports AP. The Indian embassy in Maldives said on Twitter that Indian citizens were among the dead. Sobah said the cause of the fire is being investigated. Maldives employs a large number of foreign workers, mostly from Bangladesh and India. Their living quarters, especially in the capital, Male, are frequently overcrowded.