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Maldives wants to recruit doctors, nurses from Bangladesh
DHAKA, Oct 28, 2020 (BSS) – The Maldives has expressed its keen
interest to recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh while the
island nation hosts nearly one lakh Bangladeshi expatriate workers at
its tourism and fishing sector.
The interest was showed while outgoing Maldivian High Commissioner
to Bangladesh Aishath Shaan Shakir made a farewell call on Foreign
Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the State Guest House Padma in the
capital today, a press release said.
Dr Momen welcome the interest and said Bangladesh, with its ready
pool of talented professionals, would be happy to meet further need
for human resources in the Maldives.
High Commissioner Shakir appreciated the diligence and sincerity
with which Bangladeshi workers are serving in the Maldives as the
largest expatriate community in South Asia.
Dr. Momen suggested that all recruitments need to be made through
agencies nominated by the government of Bangladesh and duly endorsed
by the Bangladesh High Commission in Male to protect the workers right
and wellbeing.
He called upon the Maldives government to enforce safe and conducive
workplace condition for Bangladeshi wage earners.
Highlighting that climate is an existential as well as development
issue for both Bangladesh and the Maldives, Momen expressed
Bangladesh’s willingness to collaborate further with the Maldives on
climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Regarding bilateral trade, the foreign minister called for exploring
untapped potentials, saying, “Bangladesh seeks stronger trade ties
with the Maldives”.
He requested the envoy to sensitize Maldivian business communities
to import high quality RMG, pharmaceutical, jute, leather, plastic,
ceramic and agro products from Bangladesh.
He also suggested the opening of direct merchant shipping link
between Bangladesh and the Maldives and stressed earnest efforts on
both sides to discover novel areas of cooperation, including trade of
soil from Bangladesh to the Maldives.
Earlier, as an expression of goodwill during the COVID pandemic,
Bangladesh sent more than 100 MT of food, medicine and health
equipment to the Maldives by a navy ship.
Further consignments of 18 MT food and medicine were sent by
Bangladesh Air Force flight C-130.
Bangladesh also sent a 10-member medical team to the Maldives in
April 2020 to provide healthcare during the pandemic while 71 stranded
Maldivian nationals were evacuated by C-130 aircraft of Bangladesh Air
Force.
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