UNB, Dhaka :
The government is likely to bar its diplomats posted in Bangladesh Missions abroad from taking their domestic aides along with them amid recent allegations raised by the domestic aides, that have roundly embarrassed the nation.
The government will bring about necessary changes in the existing rules to implement such a decision, a diplomatic source told UNB on Thursday.
At present, diplomats posted in Bangladesh Missions abroad can take one domestic aide from Bangladesh.
The government, however, may keep the provision relaxed for the diplomats in some countries where such problems arise rarely.
The new provision, if finalized, will mainly be imposed for the diplomats who will be posted in Bangladesh Missions in American and European countries where labour rights issues figure highly, said the source.
Recently a high-ranking Bangladeshi diplomat based in New York was accused of forcing his domestic aide to work for up to 18 hours a day without pay, and was charged with labour trafficking and assault.
Authorities allege the diplomat, Mohammed Shahedul Islam, arranged for fellow countryman Mohammed Amin to travel to the United States between 2012 to 2013 to work for his family in Queens as a domestic worker, an arrangement common among South Asian diplomats.
Amin went missing in 2016, and it was only after Islam ended up in the dock that authorities here learned of his deplorable behaviour – that is apparent from the statement Amin gave to police in New York after running away. Following the change in rules, if necessary the diplomats will hire aides from the host countries instead of taking them from Bangladesh.
The government is likely to bar its diplomats posted in Bangladesh Missions abroad from taking their domestic aides along with them amid recent allegations raised by the domestic aides, that have roundly embarrassed the nation.
The government will bring about necessary changes in the existing rules to implement such a decision, a diplomatic source told UNB on Thursday.
At present, diplomats posted in Bangladesh Missions abroad can take one domestic aide from Bangladesh.
The government, however, may keep the provision relaxed for the diplomats in some countries where such problems arise rarely.
The new provision, if finalized, will mainly be imposed for the diplomats who will be posted in Bangladesh Missions in American and European countries where labour rights issues figure highly, said the source.
Recently a high-ranking Bangladeshi diplomat based in New York was accused of forcing his domestic aide to work for up to 18 hours a day without pay, and was charged with labour trafficking and assault.
Authorities allege the diplomat, Mohammed Shahedul Islam, arranged for fellow countryman Mohammed Amin to travel to the United States between 2012 to 2013 to work for his family in Queens as a domestic worker, an arrangement common among South Asian diplomats.
Amin went missing in 2016, and it was only after Islam ended up in the dock that authorities here learned of his deplorable behaviour – that is apparent from the statement Amin gave to police in New York after running away. Following the change in rules, if necessary the diplomats will hire aides from the host countries instead of taking them from Bangladesh.
