Cabinet approves stiff punishment

The Cabinet has approved a new law that will provide for up to seven years in jail for cheating and forgery while sending workers abroad.

 

As manpower exports leading to remittances have emerged as a mainstay of Bangladesh’s economy, the government is seeking to protect the interests of the workers by this new law that seeks to deter fraudsters in the manpower export sector.

The Cabinet meeting that approved the ‘Oversees employment and Migrant Workers Act 2013’ on principle was chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Source: Bd news24