The parliamentary standing committee on expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry recommended fast-tracking the plan when the ministry informed the committee about it in a meeting on Tuesday. The meeting suggested continuing the Bangladesh missions’ diplomatic efforts to ensure the labour markets for Bangladeshi workers do not shrink. The parliamentary committee also recommended measures to send the stranded Bangladeshi workers back to their countries of work. About 80,000 expatriates have returned to Bangladesh or been repatriated from various countries in the last four months amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the ministry. The government also took a project financed by the World Bank for the 'reintegration' of the workers returning from abroad.

Source: bd News24 September 01, 2020 21:11 UTC