A Bangladeshi died of smoke inhalation while asleep during a fire in the United Arab Emirates.

An expatriate Bangladeshi named Mohammad Abu Zahed (48) died while sleeping due to smoke inhalation from a house fire in the United Arab Emirates. 

The accident occurred in the country's Sharjah province at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. 

The deceased, Zahed, was a resident of Uttar Hingla village in Dabua Union of Raozan Upazila of Chittagong.

The deceased's relatives said that Zahed went to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2003. He was working as a salesman in a grocery store in Sharjah. He returned to the country in September after a few months of vacation in 2025. He died at home around 8:30 pm on Saturday while sleeping due to smoke inhalation from a fire caused by an electrical short circuit in the next room. Later, the police recovered his body from the house.

Abu Hanif, a friend of the deceased, confirmed the matter and said that Zahed was a familiar face to his friends, younger and older brothers, since his student days. He has two daughters. His untimely death has cast a shadow of grief among his family and relatives.