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140 more workers go to Malaysia under govt care

Each pays Tk 28,200 this time

Staff Correspondent
After a three-week gap, 140 more Bangladeshi workers yesterday left for plantation jobs in Malaysia under government arrangement, but this time they had to count an additional Tk4,800 in airfares.
The workers had to pay the additional charges as the authorities concerned had recently decided to send them to Malaysia by Malaysian Airlines instead of comparatively cheaper Biman Bangladesh Airlines, officials of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training said.
Biman charges Tk 17,300, while Malaysian Airlines
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charges Tk 22,100 for a one-way trip to Kuala Lumpur from Dhaka.
"We have taken the decision due to frequent disruption in flight schedules of Biman," Begum Shamsun Nahar, director general of the BMET told The Daily Star yesterday.
"The disruption causes annoyance to Malaysian employers who come to airport to receive thei r employees," she added.
The DG, however, said they would send the migrants by Biman once the schedule ofthenational flag carriergets regular.
Brushing aside the allegations, Biman Managing Director Kevin John Steele said, "Biman flight leaves late at night (usually very popular), but I think Malaysian local time has now changed by one hour. This means that the scheduled arrival time of the flight into Kuala Lumpur, is too early for them to arrange clearance and collection of the workers."
"It is nothing to do with any disruption. We are seeing if we can do anything
to change the schedule," Kevin added.
Earlier, around 2,300 Bangladeshis went to Malaysia by Biman. The last group of 99 migrants left the country on January 29.
The total migration cost for a Malaysia bound worker will now stand at around Tk 28,200 instead of around Tk 23,200 fora change in airline.
A total of 150 Bangladeshis will leave the airport tomorrow (today), the BMET director general said, adding that some 715 Bangladeshis might leave the country for plantation jobs by this week.
Bangladesh and Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding in November 2012 to introduce the government arrangements for the recruitment of Bangladeshis, keeping the private recruiting agents out of the migration process.
About 14.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers aspiring for jobs in Malaysia registered their names with the government