Steps underway to tap more labour markets Prime Minister tells Baira

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government is taking necessary
measures to explore more labour markets in many countries, including
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya and Malaysia. She spoke of the move when
a delegation of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting
Agencies (Baira), led by its President Golam Mustafa met her at her
office yesterday. The Prime Minister asked the recruiting agencies
and all other responsible authorities to take maximum care of the
Bangladeshis working abroad and the ones seeking overseas jobs. She
further asked them to be highest caring about the job facilities and
other safeties of the female Bangladeshi workers abroad. The premier
laid emphasis on identifying the areas of jobs of the particular
countries and making Bangladeshis skilled in the job-specific
sectors. "Skilled human resources can be created in the fields of
nursing, catering and even for domestic jobs," she told manpower
exporters. Besides, Bangladeshi doctors, engineers and IT
professionals have a good demand in the world markets, the Prime
Minister said. The Baira placed a 33- point demand to the Prime
Minister. Their demands include urgent diplomatic initiatives to send
manpower to Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Libya, Iraq, Kuwait and South
Korea, modifying recruiting agencies' behaviour and license code of
conduct 2002 , facilitating the recruiting agencies with Foreign
Exchange and FC Pass Book, electing CIP from the recruiting agencies,
Tk 500 crore cash incentives for the workers who returned home
losing jobs for economic recession, immediate intervention to make
the National Skill Development Council functional.