The government is equipping the migrant workers with more skills to prepare them for the post-pandemic global labour market.

More than one lakh Bangladeshi workers are stranded due to coronavirus outbreak and waiting to leave the country, said Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) on Wednesday.

Manpower Recruiting Agencies Oikko Parishad on Wednesday demanded stimulus package of Tk 2,000 crore arguing that the manpower export sector is the greatest sufferer of damage during Covid-19 pandemic.

Speakers at BMCCI webinar on Saturday stressed the need for focusing on having a dynamic and capable manpower for the post-Covid period as the pandemic will change the global job market.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government on Tuesday decided to release fifty percent of the security deposit paid by recruiting agencies, to help them pay wages and office rent.

Saudi Arabia has deported another 132 Bangladeshi workers, including five women, on Tuesday night.