Wednesday, June 20, 2012

‘Immigration Act’ to be enacted: Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain,Bangladesh


BANGLADESH NEWS

DHAKA: Keeping provision of imprisonment and fine as penalty, the Immigration Act is to be formulated by amending the Immigration Ordinance-1982.

Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain came up with the statement while addressing parliament in response to a question from lawmaker Makbul Shahriar Tuesday.

Besides, the law has to be finalized by next six months, he told the House.

In response to another question from Nilufar Chowdhury Monir, he said, “Initiative has been taken to amend Bangladesh Labour Law-2006, which proposes to increase the number of labour courts.”

“Presently there is a labour appellate court and seven labour courts in the country. Around 12,386 cases are pending in these courts,” he said.

He also said, “Around 93 thousand 868 Bangladeshi women are working abroad but Bangladesh Bank doesn’t have any statements regarding the remittances amount.”

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