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Bangladeshis are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
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Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals on Wednesday after convicting them of what authorities described as an “immoral act” inside a mosque in Makkah.
Bangladesh says it wasn't informed before the executions. Statement by Saudi Interior Ministry has identified the two Bangladeshis as Nazerul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar.
Follow Bhaskar English for Mecca mosque death sentence updates on Bangladeshi couple. A Bangladeshi couple accused of engaging in an obscene act inside a mosque in Saudi Arabias city of Mecca has been sentenced to death. It is not known whether they were hanged, beheaded or shot.