Dallah Group to recruit 5,000 unskilled workers
August 27, 2008
Dallah Group, one of the largest manpower recruiting companies of Saudi Arabia, will appoint 5,000 unskilled workers from Bangladesh soon, an adviser said Thursday.
This is the first time since March 24 that a Saudi company has offered to import Bangladeshi manpower.
Saudi Arabia on March 24 officially banned the intake of unskilled workers from Bangladesh.
“Dallah Group wants to recruit 5,000 unskilled Bangladeshi workers soon,” foreign affairs adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told reporters.
The Group’s president Alwa Kamel called on the adviser in his office.
“The government is trying addresses some of the problems some workers are allegedly facing,” Iftekhar said.
The Saudi company has so far recruited over 15,000 Bangladeshis to its concerns.
Bangladesh’s manpower export reduces as international demands drop
April 4, 2008
High cost of migration coupled with reduction of international demands are thwarting the promotion of manpower export of Bangladesh.
The country’s manpower export to traditional markets like the Middle East countries is declining and an unhealthy competition among the recruiting agencies is increasing the cost of migration, The Daily Star reported Sunday. Read more