The Labour and Employment Ministry today described a news report about the return of 50.000 Bangladeshi workers from Malaysia by November 15 as a baseless one. reports BSS.

A PID handout issued Monday night quoted Bangladesh High Commission to Malaysia as saying that the High Commission issued travel permit to 12,173 illegal Bangladeshi workers straying In Malaysia by November 6, Of them, 10.120 workers have returned to their homes.

The rest 2.053 workers will return home soon, it said adding, the report of returning of 50.000 workers is not true.

The labour and employment minister discussed the issue with the state minister for foreign affairs who denied that he told NGO representation things like this (the earlier news report quoted NGO representatives as saying).

The Labour and Employment Ministry called upon all concerned to refrain from spreading such rumour for misleading the people.