The government has so far received 568 demand letters to send workers to Malaysia. Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) wants to finalize all the processes and start sending workers to the country before December.
Mohammad Rashedul Haque, Managing Director of Boesel, said there are plans to send the workers through Malaysian company DHL.
He made these remarks at a press conference organized by the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment on Thursday. The press conference was organized to highlight the details of the selection of workers and overall activities without immigration costs in Malaysia.
Rashedul Haque said, “We have received 568 demand letters till date. We will finalize it before December. If we get the cooperation of DHL, we will be able to send them abroad quickly. I want it before December; if, for some reason, there is a delay of one or two days, that is a different matter. But I want it to start through DHL.”
An initiative has been taken to send a total of 10,000 workers to Malaysia completely free of immigration costs through BOESEL. This program will be implemented in phases based on the receipt of demand letters. As part of this, the final selection of workers has begun today to recruit 112 Bangladeshi male workers for the Malaysian company DHL in the first phase.
At the press conference, the Managing Director said Malaysia is the second-largest labor market in Bangladesh. In line with the current government’s election manifesto, Boesel is working to ensure safe, ethical and skilled migration at low and zero migration costs to increase employment opportunities abroad. Transparency, impartiality and professional qualifications are being given utmost importance at every stage of the recruitment process.
Explaining the details of the recruitment process, Rashedul Haque said that on November 2, a recruitment request was received from the Malaysian company DHL. In view of this, an online recruitment notice was published on November 5. A total of 4,029 applications were submitted between November 6 and 8.
He further said that to ensure equal opportunities and 100 percent transparency, 300 workers were initially selected through an online software lottery on November 8. They have been selected for two positions. Out of these, 200 are for the position of Operations Assistant, and 100 are for the position of Technical Skill Worker.
Out of the 300 initially selected, 112 people will be finally appointed after verifying their professional skills, practical abilities, and suitability for the position. For this, a 9-member delegation from Malaysia has arrived in Bangladesh. The members of the delegation will conduct direct practical tests and interviews from today, November 12, to November 15.
Rashedul Haque said that Boesel is not interfering in the selection process in any way. Those selected by the employer will be considered final.
The Managing Director said that this recruitment process is being conducted by the government with completely zero immigration costs. He said that all government-determined expenses related to immigration of the selected employees will be borne by the Malaysian recruiting company. Boesel will not charge any immigration costs or service charges to the recruiting company or the employee. In other words, zero means zero.
He also warned that strict legal action will be taken against any broker, middleman, or unauthorized person who tries to accept money at any stage of the recruitment process or if any candidate engages in unethical transactions, subject to proof. He also requested the candidates to refrain from any kind of financial transactions.
Rashedul Haque said that their goal is that no qualified and capable person should be deprived of employment opportunities abroad due to lack of money. One of the objectives of this initiative is that an ordinary worker should get the opportunity to work abroad based on his labor, skills, and qualifications.
