Govt to form 'Probashi Kalyan Board'

The government would form a “Probashi Kalyan Board” soon as a draft law has already been made to set up a statutory organisation for providing welfare services to migrant workers and their family members.

The draft probashi kalyan board act-2017 has been uploaded on the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry's website to take in people's opinion on it.

Talking to the news agency, Additional Secretary to the ministry Azharul Haq said the ministry would sit on January 12 to decide on the act.

According to the draft law, a 15-member body of the board will be formed with the secretary of the ministry as chairman. Its members will include three women. The board will have a director general with the rank and status of joint secretary.

The draft law was formulated in light with the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990.

Officials said about 1.3 crore Bangladeshi migrants are employed in 162 countries and they annually remit over US$ 15 billion to the country.