Punitive steps taken against 200 recruiting agencies
Friday, 7 December 2007
Naim-Ul-Karim
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) is taking punitive measures against 200 recruiting agencies for their alleged involvement in fraudulent practices in manpower export, sources said.
They said the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) received 300 complaints against 200 recruiting agencies during January-November period of the current year.
Completing investigation on 71 complaints involving over 60 agencies, an official said: "We have already sent report to the MEWOE with recommendations for taking punitive measures against those agencies."
He said investigation on another 134 complaints, involving 100 agencies, is underway.
Sources said the MEWOE has already cancelled licenses of four agencies while halted operation, forfeited security money and lodged cases against 12 others.
When asked, they said there are 774 recruiting agencies in the country.
Mentioning this as a major drive against the recruiting agencies involved in unethical practices, a senior official of the MEWOE said: "We are hoping that this will help bring discipline in this sector."
The move was taken after some countries offering employment to Bangladeshi workers requested the government to stop the fraud and forgeries of the recruiting agencies.
The official source said the move has been taken against the backdrop of suspension of manpower import from Bangladesh by some Middle Eastern countries.
Such embargo on recruitment by such countries has already affected the country's manpower export, he said adding Bangladesh exported 77, 670 manpower in October against 91,542 in September this year.
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) is taking punitive measures against 200 recruiting agencies for their alleged involvement in fraudulent practices in manpower export, sources said.
They said the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) received 300 complaints against 200 recruiting agencies during January-November period of the current year.
Completing investigation on 71 complaints involving over 60 agencies, an official said: "We have already sent report to the MEWOE with recommendations for taking punitive measures against those agencies."
He said investigation on another 134 complaints, involving 100 agencies, is underway.
Sources said the MEWOE has already cancelled licenses of four agencies while halted operation, forfeited security money and lodged cases against 12 others.
When asked, they said there are 774 recruiting agencies in the country.
Mentioning this as a major drive against the recruiting agencies involved in unethical practices, a senior official of the MEWOE said: "We are hoping that this will help bring discipline in this sector."
The move was taken after some countries offering employment to Bangladeshi workers requested the government to stop the fraud and forgeries of the recruiting agencies.
The official source said the move has been taken against the backdrop of suspension of manpower import from Bangladesh by some Middle Eastern countries.
Such embargo on recruitment by such countries has already affected the country's manpower export, he said adding Bangladesh exported 77, 670 manpower in October against 91,542 in September this year.