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Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) has expressed concern over the draft Overseas Employment and Migrant Workers Act, 2013.

Saudi ministers have assured visiting Bangladesh foreign minister of facilitating the process of iqama (residence permit) transfers for Bangladeshis working in the kingdom, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release said on Saturday.

Indian workers who have travelled to Saudi Arabia legally will be allowed to regularise their visa status, get new jobs or to return home if they register voluntarily with the Saudi authorities during the three months grace period announced by the Kingdom, according to officials.

The government fears that it might lose the labour market in Oman too after the UAE stopped issuing entry permits to Bangladeshi nationals citing security concern in October 2012.

KATHAMNDU, April 30: As Nepal lacks strong voice in international arena, it has not been able to help Nepali migrant workers who face severe forms of violence and discrimination in foreign lands, government officials admit.

Aspirant private recruiting agencies will not require certification from Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) anymore to get licence for sending job seekers overseas.

The Government of Bangladesh has made it mandatory for all private recruiting agencies to hire workers to be sent abroad from an official database of registered migrant workers.

With Sri Lanka focusing on sending more skilled labour who would fetch enhanced salaries abroad, Minister for Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera expects Sri Lankan migrant worker remittances to pass seven billion US dollars in 2013.