Bangladesh to send 1,129 members of armed forces to Qatar

The cabinet approves the draft of a deal with the Middle Eastern country

Bangladesh troops march during Victory Day parade in Dhaka on Dec 16, 2022.

The cabinet has approved the draft of a deal to send 1,129 members of the armed forces to Qatar on deputation.

The deal will be automatically renewed after the end of its five-year tenure, Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain said after a meeting of the council of ministers on Monday.

The armed forces of the two countries will sign the final deal.

Mahbub said Bangladesh also has a similar deal with Kuwait under which 5,000 members of the armed forces are working in the Middle Eastern nation.