Body formed to oversee BD nationals’ employment abroad

The interim government has formed an 11-member advisory council committee to look into the overseas employment of Bangladeshis, reports BSS.

Adviser to Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Dr Asif Nazrul was made convener of the committee, according to a gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Sunday.

Seventeen senior secretaries and secretaries, including the cabinet secretary and principal secretary to the Chief Adviser, will assist the committee. The committee will come into effect immediately.

The remaining members of the Committee are Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, Home Adviser Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan, Education Adviser Prof Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Labour and Employment Adviser Dr M Sakhawat Hussain, Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid, Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, and Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.