$30m WB loan to bring back Bangladeshis from Libya

The World Bank (WB) will provide $30 million as loan to Bangladesh as the payment of airfare for its expatriates from Libya and their rehabilitation, said Jahed Hossain Khan, WB senior economist of Dhaka office. The government on March 28 requested the WB to provide the loan. The Expatriate Welfare Ministry sources said that some 54,000 Bangladeshis are still waiting in Libya and the bordering states to return to the country. - BSS