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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

New openings for Bangladeshis in post-Gaddafi Libya

New openings for Bangladeshis in post-Gaddafi LibyaReturnees too will get back jobs they abandoned? Rabiul IslamFresh job opportunities await Bangladeshis in Libya as the troubled country will require an army of workers for post-war reconstruction as soon as a democratic government starts functioning.

?We will be in a position to export a huge workforce to Libya after a new government is sworn in?, Expatriates? Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told daily sun on Monday.


Officials at the ministry added that Bangladeshi workers who were forced to return home from war-torn Libya are likely to get back their jobs in companies which they deserted fearing for their lives.


Libya?s transitional government declared the country liberated on Sunday three days after ousted despot Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed.


Libya?s acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said elections will be held by June next year.


?We have details of all Libya returnees who will be sent back to their respective companies when the employers contact with us,? an official preferring anonymity told daily sun.


The official also said many of the Libya returnees will not require to follow any procedure for going to Libya as they returned home before expiry of their work permit.


Sources at the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), around 37,000 Bangladeshis escaped from Libya as violence escalated.


Earlier, the government declared that the Libya returnees would get priority in getting overseas jobs in future.


The expatriates? welfare minister said the Libya returnees will get priority in getting jobs abroad as they had to return home empty handed.


He also said many companies in Libya want to take back their employees.


But Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) secretary general Ali Haidar Chowdhury warned that workers will have to wait before luck smiles at them again.


It will take at least five months to send Bangladeshi workers in the war-torn Libya after formation of new government there, he added.


Ali Haidar also hoped that Libya will need huge manpower for construction sector.


Following massive allegation of irregularities and mismanagement, Libya had stopped hiring workers from Bangladesh before the war started in the middle of February.


Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) managing director Mohammad Abdullah said some multi-national companies have already approached BOESL to recruit Bangladeshi workers for Libya.


?I have held talks with Thitti Sianwala, an owner of multi-national company, who wants to recruit 200 workers for a construction firm in Libya,? BOESL MD said.


Source: daily-sun.com


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