Life vests are distributed to migrants as they are being rescued by a MSF (Medecins Sans Frontiers) rescue team boat, after leaving Libya trying to reach European soil, in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

DHAKA - The Bangladeshi government said on Tuesday that eight Bangladeshi nationals are among those who drowned in the Mediterranean on Feb 14.

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A boat, with 53 people on board, set sail from Libyan coast and capsized off Tunisian coast in the early hours of Feb 14

Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed in a statement the identities of the Bangladeshis who died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea, embarking on an unauthorized voyage from Libya to Europe on Feb 13.

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A boat, with 53 people on board, set sail from Libyan coast and capsized off Tunisian coast in the early hours of Feb 14.