Staff Reporter :
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam said Jordan and Lebanon will recruit a large number of Bangladeshi workers, including doctors, nurses and engineers, in different sectors.
The minister on Wednesday said this at a press briefing at his office in the morning over his nine-day official tour of Jordan and Lebanon. A Bangladeshi delegation, led by the minister, went to Jordan on August 6 and met its Labour Minister Ali Al Ghezawi. During the bilateral meeting, the Jordanian minister assured Bangladesh of taking both male and female workers in all sectors, including agriculture and industries, said Nurul Islam.
The Bangladesh delegation also discussed issues like reducing harassment of the Bangladeshi workers, improving the working environment and ensuring the safety of domestic workers.
Later, four decisions-recruiting male workers from Bangladesh as per the demand of Jordanian labour market, establishing two technical teams in association with Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) of Bangladesh and Vocational Training Centre (VTC) Jordan to train workers, assuring their flawless medical checkup in Bangladesh
and taking measures to stop physical and mental torture on the workers and regularise their payment-were taken. The Bangladeshi team visited Lebanon from August 11-13 and sat in a bilateral meeting with Lebanon’s Labour Minister Sejaan Azzi, Nurul Islam said.
During the meeting, Bangladesh and Lebanon sides took four decisions signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) over recruiting Bangladeshi labourers, payment of minimum salary to the workers according to the Laborer Law of Jordan, arranging proper training for the workers before sending them to Lebanon and recruiting Bangladeshi workers in all sectors.
Later, the delegation met Home Minister Nouhad EL Mochnouk and urged him to solve the problems of the illegal Bangladeshi workers and send them to the country without any fine, Nurul Islam said.
Currently, some 1,42,000 Bangladeshi workers are working in Lebanon, he said adding 20,000-50,000 more will be sent over the next few months.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam said Jordan and Lebanon will recruit a large number of Bangladeshi workers, including doctors, nurses and engineers, in different sectors.
The minister on Wednesday said this at a press briefing at his office in the morning over his nine-day official tour of Jordan and Lebanon. A Bangladeshi delegation, led by the minister, went to Jordan on August 6 and met its Labour Minister Ali Al Ghezawi. During the bilateral meeting, the Jordanian minister assured Bangladesh of taking both male and female workers in all sectors, including agriculture and industries, said Nurul Islam.
The Bangladesh delegation also discussed issues like reducing harassment of the Bangladeshi workers, improving the working environment and ensuring the safety of domestic workers.
Later, four decisions-recruiting male workers from Bangladesh as per the demand of Jordanian labour market, establishing two technical teams in association with Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) of Bangladesh and Vocational Training Centre (VTC) Jordan to train workers, assuring their flawless medical checkup in Bangladesh
and taking measures to stop physical and mental torture on the workers and regularise their payment-were taken. The Bangladeshi team visited Lebanon from August 11-13 and sat in a bilateral meeting with Lebanon’s Labour Minister Sejaan Azzi, Nurul Islam said.
During the meeting, Bangladesh and Lebanon sides took four decisions signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) over recruiting Bangladeshi labourers, payment of minimum salary to the workers according to the Laborer Law of Jordan, arranging proper training for the workers before sending them to Lebanon and recruiting Bangladeshi workers in all sectors.
Later, the delegation met Home Minister Nouhad EL Mochnouk and urged him to solve the problems of the illegal Bangladeshi workers and send them to the country without any fine, Nurul Islam said.
Currently, some 1,42,000 Bangladeshi workers are working in Lebanon, he said adding 20,000-50,000 more will be sent over the next few months.
