Chittagong Bureau :
Bureau of Manpower & Employment Training (BMET) , chittagong office has taken initiatives for establishing Expatriate Welfare Centre in the port city aimed at extending welfare services to the incoming and outgoing expatriates from Chittagong.
The proposed centre will be built near Airport or Seaport and for the purpose, four separate lands ascertained in the meantime which sends to the concerned ministry for final approval. Sources said under annual development plan of the govt, this centre will be built at a cost of Tk.35 croes. While contacted Asstt. Director of BMET, Chittagong Md. Jahirul Alam Majumder disclosed the matter to our correspondent recently. He said on first phase, a 5-storied building will be built with scope of accommodation, medicare services etc for the expatriates and facilities will be provided with financial transactions also.
He also said a huge numbers of expatriates travels through chittagong airport and sometimes they fail to board overseas flight due to traffic congestions on the way.
The proposed building plan submitted to Civil aviation authority for approval and the building will be built as per their approval , he added. Sources said an information booth for the expatriates will be opened in the centre to train them about the immigration procedures at airport. The centre will be equipped with a first aid medicare centre, cafeteria facilities and handicraft products centre, sources added.
Bureau of Manpower & Employment Training (BMET) , chittagong office has taken initiatives for establishing Expatriate Welfare Centre in the port city aimed at extending welfare services to the incoming and outgoing expatriates from Chittagong.
The proposed centre will be built near Airport or Seaport and for the purpose, four separate lands ascertained in the meantime which sends to the concerned ministry for final approval. Sources said under annual development plan of the govt, this centre will be built at a cost of Tk.35 croes. While contacted Asstt. Director of BMET, Chittagong Md. Jahirul Alam Majumder disclosed the matter to our correspondent recently. He said on first phase, a 5-storied building will be built with scope of accommodation, medicare services etc for the expatriates and facilities will be provided with financial transactions also.
He also said a huge numbers of expatriates travels through chittagong airport and sometimes they fail to board overseas flight due to traffic congestions on the way.
The proposed building plan submitted to Civil aviation authority for approval and the building will be built as per their approval , he added. Sources said an information booth for the expatriates will be opened in the centre to train them about the immigration procedures at airport. The centre will be equipped with a first aid medicare centre, cafeteria facilities and handicraft products centre, sources added.
