The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment has been asked to submit a detailed report on the condition of Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia.

The government will take necessary steps after receiving the report from Bangladesh mission in Riyadh, said a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.

Adviser for Foreign Affairs Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury who is also in charge of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment asked the secretary for the report when his attention was drawn to a news item published in today's issue of the daily Ittefaq headlined, "Disaster in export of manpower to Saudi Arabia feared."