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The government fears that it might lose the labour market in Oman too after the UAE stopped issuing entry permits to Bangladeshi nationals citing security concern in October 2012.

Bangladesh immigration authorities are not very strict about following rules and regulations on labour immigration, observed a team that recently visited the Philippines.

Female Bangladeshi migrant workers are tortured and sexually harassed while working as maids abroad in countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

Middlemen in Malaysia are luring Bangladeshi migrants there to switch from their present jobs in the plantation sector to other categories of companies

Bangladesh might lose access to the labour market in Oman just like in Malaysia if workers continue to stay there illegally.

Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow Bangladeshi workers to change their workplaces in the next three months.

The first batch of 11 skilled female migrant workers is scheduled to fly to Hong Kong on Friday.

Despite being the driving force of the country’s economy, migrant workers are often deprived of optimum services from the labour wings, officials and staff members posted at Bangladesh missions abroad.