Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment
Comprehensive database for migrant workers launched with IOM support
The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) on Monday launched a digital platform, Returning Migrants Management of Information Systems (ReMiMIS), to collect, analyze, and store data of returning migrants to Bangladesh.
‘Bangladesh’s labour migration sector needs revamping’
Bangladesh urgently needs to produce skilled migrant workers through reskilling and up-skilling considering the long-term development of the country.
Returnee women workers to receive Covid prevention packages
UN Women Bangladesh in collaboration with Unilever Bangladesh and Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEW&OE) launched a project on Saturday to support women returnee migrants with ‘dignity’ packages and health-hygiene kits in 10 districts across the country.
ILO, govt discuss needs of migrant workers with in-demand skills but no certification
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment hosted a high-level international webinar to look at the need to assess and certify the skills of millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers.
CSO’s demand immediate release and protection of Rayhan Kabir in Malaysia
Twenty one Bangladeshi civil society organizations working on migration and development demanded release and protection of Mohammad Rayhan Kabir who was arrested in Malaysia for speaking in a documentary broadcasted by Al Jazeera.
Railways ministry gets new secy
Md Selim Reza, secretary to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, has been made secretary to Railways Ministry.
Bangladesh eyes stronger commercial ties with Qatar
Bangladesh and Qatar on Monday discussed ways to strengthen commercial ties further between the two countries and send more workers there ahead of the FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar in November-December, 2022.