The body of a Bangladeshi migrant worker killed in a missile strike in Baghdad arrived in Dhaka early Friday as the government formally received the remains at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

The body of Mohammad Shrabon, who had lived and worked in the Iraqi capital for a decade, was brought home on a Turkish Airlines flight, TK0712, which landed at 5:15 a.m. local time, a foreign ministry press release said. 

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam, MP, formally received the body on behalf of the government and handed over 35,000 taka in funeral assistance to the bereaved family.

The state minister conveyed his sincere condolences to the bereaved family and expressed profound sorrow over the untimely and tragic death of Mohammad Shrabon.

Shrabon was the son of Mohammad Noli Mia and a resident of Bakultala village in Munshiganj Sadar Upazila of Munshiganj district. He had migrated to Baghdad ten years ago in search of livelihood and was killed when a missile struck the city during recent hostilities.

The body was repatriated under the supervision of the Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad. It departed the Iraqi capital on May 27 on a Turkish Airlines flight at 10:25 a.m. local time, before a 29-hour transit in Turkey ahead of the final leg to Dhaka.

The repatriation process was formally confirmed on May 25 by Parvez Alam Chowdhury, first secretary (labor) at the Bangladesh Embassy in Baghdad.

Bangladesh hosts one of the world's largest diaspora workforces, with millions of its citizens employed abroad. Worker remittances remain a vital source of foreign exchange for the South Asian nation.