At least 960 other female workers have returned to Bangladesh from Saudi Arabia following allegations of torture and sexual abuse in the first 10 months of this year. As many as 48 of them died in Saudi Arabia. The government would raise the issue again in a joint technical group meeting in Saudi Arabia on Nov 26-27, Imran said. The Jatiya Party’s Kazi Firoz Rashid was furious at the deaths of the Bangladeshi women in Saudi Arabia. But if it becomes impossible, we will consider stopping sending them.”Bangladesh has sent 330,590 female workers to Saudi Arabia since June, 2014, according to him.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 18:01 UTC