‘Enforce law strictly in preventing fraudulence of middlemen during sending workers abroad’
Expatriates’ Welfare Minister urges lawmen
Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad. Star file photo Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today urged law enforcers to rigorously enforce the law in preventing fraudulence of middlemen while sending workers abroad for employment.
He termed the act of fraud in the name of providing job abroad as human-trafficking and said the government has taken a zero-tolerance policy in this regard.
The minister said this while inaugurating a two-day workshop for executive magistrates on conducting mobile court to prevent crimes related to labour migration at Prabashi Kalyan Bhaban in the capital, said a press release.
Govt trying to find ways for expats to invest in Bangladesh: minister
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Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government is trying to find ways for expatriate Bangladeshis to invest in the country. We are trying to work on a system so that they can have an investment opportunity…, he said.
The minister was addressing a discussion on the award-giving ceremony of Migration Media Award-2019 at Brac Centre Inn in the capital.
Handing over crests to the winners as chief guest, the minister said media along with NGOs and CSOs are the main driving force by whom the government will be able to make people aware about migration.