Two expatriates from Katiadi upazila in Kishoreganj district were killed in separate accidents in Saudi Arabia, according to local reports on February 20, 2026. Hamir Uddin, 57, from Ghilakandi village under Bongram Union, died in a road accident in Riyadh when a lorry hit him from behind while he was returning home after iftar on Thursday. In another incident, Hridoy Mia, 22, from Purba Baherchar village under Lohajuri Union, died after falling from the roof of a five-storey building in Mecca on Wednesday morning while working as a construction laborer.

Relatives said Hamir Uddin had been working in Saudi Arabia for about 20 years to support his family, leaving behind a wife, a son, and a daughter. Hridoy Mia had gone to Saudi Arabia a year earlier for the same reason. Their families were informed of the deaths by phone from fellow workers. Local residents and relatives have urged the government to take necessary steps to bring the bodies home quickly.

The sudden deaths of the two main breadwinners have cast a pall of grief over their villages in Katiadi.