Double worksite deaths in Singapore's Lentor Avenue: Victims were young fathers, with one planning to build new home

Salim Hossain (pictured with his wife) had been saving money to build a new home for his family in Dhaka when he died. He had two children aged seven and 12. - Photo: Courtesy of Nazrul Islam Biltu

SINGAPORE: To improve the lives of his family members, Salim Hossain had been toiling hard in Singapore, so they could move out of their cramped living conditions in Bangladesh.

The construction worker had earned enough to pay for work to begin on their new home in a village area in the capital Dhaka.