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Saudi Arabia to recruit Bangladeshi male workers

Withdrawing all sort of bars, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will recruit male workers from Bangladesh soon. The assurance came at a bilateral meeting between Visiting Bangladesh Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam B.SC and Minister of Labor Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani at Saudi Labor Ministry. Currently the minister is in a 5-day official tour in KSA and leading a 5-member Bangladesh delegation. During the meeting, Bangladesh Ambassador Golam Moshi was also present. Quoting Ambassador Moshi, the Arab News reported that it was a successful discussion which paved the way for new areas of cooperation in bilateral labor matters.Minister Nurul Islam B.SC has urged Saudi Arabia to recruit more trained and skilled male and female workers from Bangladesh.The minister is scheduled to return home on January 4.