BANGLADESH NEWS
Online registration of female workers for foreign jobs will begin on April 7 across the country.
The move comes after the government in January successfully ended registration of male workers for Malaysian jobs.
Considering the demand for female workers in different Asian and Middle- Eastern countries, the government has decided to prepare a database of qualified female workers, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, minister for expatriates welfare and overseas employment, said yesterday.
“We want to register the names of prospective female workers who will work abroad as domestic helps, caregivers, garment workers, cleaners and also in other professions,” he told a press conference at his ministry office.
The registration in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions will commence on April 7 and end on April 11.
Females from Khulna and Chittagong divisions will register their names on April 12-16, while those from Dhaka and Barisal divisions will be registered on April 17-21.
Jobseekers will register at information service centres at union and ward levels between 9:00am and 5:00pm every day.
The minimum salary for a female worker in Singapore and Hong Kong will be Tk 40,000, while the amount will be Tk 15,000 for the workers in the Middle East, mentioned Mosharraf.
The migration costs, added the minister, will be between Tk 20,000 and 30,000 each. Probashi Kalyan Bank will finance the costs for the selected workers, which will be adjusted later from their (workers’) monthly wages.
Minimum educational qualification for female workers in Singapore and Hong Kong is Secondary School Certificate, while the requirement is Junior School Certificate for the Middle-Eastern countries.
The workers should be aged between 25 and 45.
After preliminary selection, the jobseekers will undergo two months’ training on language, culture and work pattern.
The minister said the government presently does not have any specific demand for workers from any country. But it is in talks with Hong Kong, Jordan, Bahrain and some other countries to send trained female workers there.
Regarding the workers’ protection, he said Bangladesh and the recruiting countries will look after the safety of female workers.
An eight-member Saudi Arabian delegation will reach Dhaka on March 30 to discuss reopening its job market to Bangladeshi workers, noted Mosharraf.
Begum Shamsun Nahar, director of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training, said they were planning to send 72 domestic helps to Hong Kong by the end of next month.
The move comes after the government in January successfully ended registration of male workers for Malaysian jobs.
Considering the demand for female workers in different Asian and Middle- Eastern countries, the government has decided to prepare a database of qualified female workers, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, minister for expatriates welfare and overseas employment, said yesterday.
“We want to register the names of prospective female workers who will work abroad as domestic helps, caregivers, garment workers, cleaners and also in other professions,” he told a press conference at his ministry office.
The registration in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions will commence on April 7 and end on April 11.
Females from Khulna and Chittagong divisions will register their names on April 12-16, while those from Dhaka and Barisal divisions will be registered on April 17-21.
Jobseekers will register at information service centres at union and ward levels between 9:00am and 5:00pm every day.
The minimum salary for a female worker in Singapore and Hong Kong will be Tk 40,000, while the amount will be Tk 15,000 for the workers in the Middle East, mentioned Mosharraf.
The migration costs, added the minister, will be between Tk 20,000 and 30,000 each. Probashi Kalyan Bank will finance the costs for the selected workers, which will be adjusted later from their (workers’) monthly wages.
Minimum educational qualification for female workers in Singapore and Hong Kong is Secondary School Certificate, while the requirement is Junior School Certificate for the Middle-Eastern countries.
The workers should be aged between 25 and 45.
After preliminary selection, the jobseekers will undergo two months’ training on language, culture and work pattern.
The minister said the government presently does not have any specific demand for workers from any country. But it is in talks with Hong Kong, Jordan, Bahrain and some other countries to send trained female workers there.
Regarding the workers’ protection, he said Bangladesh and the recruiting countries will look after the safety of female workers.
An eight-member Saudi Arabian delegation will reach Dhaka on March 30 to discuss reopening its job market to Bangladeshi workers, noted Mosharraf.
Begum Shamsun Nahar, director of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training, said they were planning to send 72 domestic helps to Hong Kong by the end of next month.
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