Publish: 11:34, 11 Nov, 2024 Updated: 12:14, 11 Nov, 2024

CA opens ‘Probashi Lounge’ for migrants at HSIA

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CA opens ‘Probashi Lounge’ for migrants at HSIA
CA Prof Muhammad Yunus, IOM mission in Bangladesh Deputy Chief Fathima Nusrath Ghazzali, and other officials pose for a group photo with the migrants at the inauguration ceremony of the Probashi Lounge at the HSIA this morning. Photo - Collected

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus this morning inaugurated a special lounge titled “Probashi Lounge” for the country's migrant workers at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka.

"Our migrant workers are nation builders. In the July-August mass uprising, they played a big role. We will always be grateful to them," he said.

"We believe this lounge will make their travel easy," added the CA, reports BSS.

The Probashi Lounge is a first of its kind at the Dhaka airport. It will offer Bangladeshi migrant workers some space to rest and subsidised food for refreshments.

Law and Expatriate Welfare Adviser Prof Asif Nazrul and senior officials of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were present during the inauguration ceremony.

Prof Nazrul paid rich tributes to the Bangladeshi migrant workers and millions of members of the country's diaspora who sacrificed time and again for their homeland.

Fathima Nusrath Ghazzali, the deputy chief of the IOM mission in Bangladesh, said the UN agency has sponsored the lounge in an effort to assist the Bangladeshi migrant workers.

"This is an initiative of the honourable chief adviser. We are happy to support this initiative," she said, adding that the IOM is also sponsoring nearly 100 volunteers to help the migrants at the airport.

Bd-pratidin English/ Fariha Nowshin Chinika

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