Qatar agrees to hike Bangladeshi female expats’ pay | The Daily Star
Skip to main content
T
Saturday, September 23, 2023
The Daily Star
E-paper Today's News বাংলা
  • Home
  • News
    • Bangladesh
      • Investigative Stories
    • Investigative Stories
    • Asia
    • World
  • Opinion
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Culture
  • Life & Living
  • Youth
  • Tech & Startup
  • Multimedia
  • Feature
    • Lifestyle
    • Rising Star
    • Showbiz
    • My Dhaka
    • Satireday
    • Campus
    • Toggle
    • Star Literature
    • In Focus
    • Star Youth
    • Shift
    • Daily Star Books
    • Roundtables
    • Star Holiday
    • weekend read
  • More
    • Environment
    • NRB
    • Supplements
    • Law & Our Rights
  • E-paper
  • বাংলা
Search Epaper T
  • Today's News
  • Home
  • News
    • Bangladesh
    • Investigative Stories
    • Asia
    • World
  • Opinion
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Culture
  • Life & Living
  • Youth
  • Tech & Startup
  • Multimedia
  • Feature
    • Lifestyle
    • Rising Star
    • Showbiz
    • My Dhaka
    • Satireday
    • Campus
    • Toggle
    • Star Literature
    • In Focus
    • Star Youth
    • Shift
    • Daily Star Books
    • Roundtables
    • Star Holiday
    • weekend read
  • More
    • Environment
    • NRB
    • Supplements
    • Law & Our Rights

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Apps
  • Comment Policy
  • RSS
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Conference Hall
  • Archives
Country
Star Online Report
Thu Mar 3, 2016 06:38 PM
Last update on: Thu Mar 3, 2016 07:44 PM

Most Viewed

  • Waterlogged road or a death trap?

  • PM seeks int'l support to improve healthcare

  • Why CEOs can’t stand together in crisis

  • Tanzim Hasan Sakib is the victim of a sexist culture

Country

Qatar agrees to hike Bangladeshi female expats’ pay

Star Online Report
Thu Mar 3, 2016 06:38 PM Last update on: Thu Mar 3, 2016 07:44 PM

Gulf nation Qatar today agreed to increase monthly salary for the skilled Bangladeshi female migrants and domestic workers from Tk 19,350 to 25,800 (QAR900 to 1200).

The decision came at a joint-working group meeting between the senior officials of the two countries at Probashi Kalyan Bhaban in Dhaka, said a press release of expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry.

For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.

Bangladesh Expatriates’ Welfare Acting Secretary Begum Shamsun Nahar led a nine-member team while Brigadier Mohammed Ahmed M Al Atiq Al Dossary, additional director of Qatar’s General Directorate of Borders Passports and Expatriates Affairs, led a five-member team in the meeting. 

Both sides decided to reduce the migration costs and introduce a hotline service for the Bangladeshi migrants.

Earlier, the Qatar delegation made a courtesy call on the Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Nurul Islam at his office in the ministry. The minister requested them to give more employment opportunities and facilities for the Bangladeshi migrants.

The Gulf country has been recruiting construction and cleaning workers from Bangladesh, the authorities there are now keen to recruit salesmen, nurses, doctors, engineers and office employees from Bangladesh.

Nearly 400,000 Bangladeshi male workers and about 15,000 female workers are employed in the Gulf country. Of them, more than 1.23 lakh male migrants and 8,642 female migrants found jobs in Qatar last year, according to Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training.

The Gulf nation is now the second largest destination for the Bangladeshi jobseekers after Oman.

Last month, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Nurul Islam visited Qatar when the country’s Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani had assured hiring more workers from Bangladesh and providing them skill training facilities.

Related topic:
GulfGulf NationsGulf Nation Qatarincrease the monthly salaryskilled Bangladeshi female migrantsdomestic workers
Apple Google
Click to comment

Comments

Comments Policy

Related News

Man with Rs 10cr in bank held for begging in Kuwait

Policy for domestic workers - Welcome beginning to a long journey

A jarring anomaly of society

Women trafficked as sex slaves

Yemen call for Gulf intervention

|বাংলাদেশ

ভিসা নীতি আমেরিকার নিজস্ব ব্যাপার, আমাদের কিছু বলার নেই: স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী

বিএনপির চলমান রোডমার্চ প্রসঙ্গে স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী বলেন, ‘কোনো আন্দোলন সংগ্রামে সরকার ভীত নয়।’

৫ মিনিট আগে
|রাজনীতি

জনগণ ক্ষমা করবে না তাই সরকার ভোটের অধিকার দিতে রাজি না: নজরুল

৩৯ মিনিট আগে
Please Click on allow
The Daily Star
Journalism without fear or favour
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Apps
  • Comment Policy
  • RSS
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Conference Hall
  • Archives
© 2023 thedailystar.net | Powered by: RSI LAB
Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited and constitutes copyright infringement liable to legal action.
X