KSA keen to recruit more workers from Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia has expressed its willingness to recruit more male workers and trained female domestic workers from Bangladesh to meet the demand of their domestic market, reports BSS. “We want to hire more male workers in all categories including doctors and engineers as well as trained female workers,” Saudi Minister for Labour Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani said in a meeting with Bangladesh Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam B Sc in Riyadh on Thursday.
The minister, who is leading a five-member Bangladesh, is now in the Kingdom on a six-day official visit, an official release said in Dhaka yesterday. The Saudi minister for labour also expressed his country’s interest to work together in the areas of human resource development and recruitment for mutual benefits at the bilateral meeting, the press release added.
He noted that both countries had agreed to cooperate in the manpower sector through signing of an agreement in February last year and hoped that this visit would facilitate to improve cooperation in the manpower sector between the two countries. The Bangladesh minister termed relations between the two countries a time tested and deep rooted one with common history, faith, culture and religion. Nurul Islam praised the development activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and conveyed the greetings and regards of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Saudi King. During the meeting, both ministers agreed to reduce migration cost and imparting training to Saudi- bound workers.
They also agreed on formation and operation of the Joint Technical Committee to resolve issues related to recruitment and development of human resources.
The Bangladesh minister also apprised the recent initiatives and measures taken for the improvement in the manpower sector in Bangladesh under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He sought support of the Saudi government for further recruitment of skilled, semi-skilled workers and professionals such as doctors, engineers and nurses from Bangladesh.
Nurul Islam told his Saudi counterpart that Bangladesh government has taken special measures to train all
workers who intend to go abroad, including Saudi Arabia, for employment.
Appreciating the measures taken by Bangladesh, the
Saudi minister underlined the need for facilitation of
 training for the domestic workers by Saudi investor or
mega companies.
The Bangladesh Minister assured of providing dedicated space earmarked for such training in existing technical training centres.
During the meeting senior officials of both countries were present. From Saudi side, former deputy minister of Labour Dr. Ahmed Alfahaid who is now Governor of Technical and Vocational Education and Training of KSA, and key officials of the ministry of labour were present.
From Bangladesh side, among others, Bangladesh ambassador to KSA Golam Moshi, secretary of Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandker Md. Iftekher Haider, director general, BMET, Begum Shamsun Nahar, joint secretary of MOEWOE Kazi Abul Kalam, deputy chief of Mission of the Embassy Dr. Nazrul Islam and consul general of Bangladesh Shahidul Karim were present.

 

KSA keen to recruit more workers from Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia has expressed its willingness to recruit more male workers and trained female domestic workers from Bangladesh to meet the demand of their domestic market, reports BSS. We want to hire more male workers in all categories including doctors and engineers as well as trained female workers, Saudi Minister for Labour Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani said in a meeting with Bangladesh Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam B Sc in Riyadh on Thursday. The minister, who is leading a five-member Bangladesh, is now in the Kingdom on a six-day official visit, an official release said in Dhaka yesterday. The Saudi minister for labour also expressed his countrys interest to work together in the areas of human resource development and recruitment for mutual benefits at the bilateral meeting, the press release added. He noted that both countries had agreed to cooperate in the manpower sector through signing of an agreement in February last year and hoped that this visit would facilitate to improve cooperation in the manpower sector between the two countries. The Bangladesh minister termed relations between the two countries a time tested and deep rooted one with common history, faith, culture and religion. Nurul Islam praised the development activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and conveyed the greetings and regards of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Saudi King. During the meeting, both ministers agreed to reduce migration cost and imparting training to Saudi- bound workers. They also agreed on formation and operation of the Joint Technical Committee to resolve issues related to recruitment and development of human resources. The Bangladesh minister also apprised the recent initiatives and measures taken for the improvement in the manpower sector in Bangladesh under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He sought support of the Saudi government for further recruitment of skilled, semi-skilled workers and professionals such as doctors, engineers and nurses from Bangladesh. Nurul Islam told his Saudi counterpart that Bangladesh government has taken special measures to train all workers who intend to go abroad, including Saudi Arabia, for employment. Appreciating the measures taken by Bangladesh, the Saudi minister underlined the need for facilitation of training for the domestic workers by Saudi investor or mega companies. The Bangladesh Minister assured of providing dedicated space earmarked for such training in existing technical training centres. During the meeting senior officials of both countries were present. From Saudi side, former deputy minister of Labour Dr. Ahmed Alfahaid who is now Governor of Technical and Vocational Education and Training of KSA, and key officials of the ministry of labour were present. From Bangladesh side, among others, Bangladesh ambassador to KSA Golam Moshi, secretary of Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandker Md. Iftekher Haider, director general, BMET, Begum Shamsun Nahar, joint secretary of MOEWOE Kazi Abul Kalam, deputy chief of Mission of the Embassy Dr. Nazrul Islam and consul general of Bangladesh Shahidul Karim were present.