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Published : 18 May 2026, 03:55 PM
Qatar has expressed its intent to recruit Bangladeshi workers for four technical sectors through five designated technical training centres (TTCs).
The decision came following the seventh Bangladesh-Qatar Joint Committee meeting held at the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment in Dhaka on Monday.
Qatari Labour Minister Ali bin Samikh Al Marri met with Expatriates' Welfare Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury to discuss expanding labour cooperation.
During the talks, the Qatari minister showed particular interest in hiring electricians, plumbers, air-conditioning technicians, and welders.
Minister Ariful thanked his counterpart for the visit and noted the progress in bilateral relations over recent decades, according to the ministry.
He also conveyed gratitude to the emir of Qatar on behalf of the government and the people for sending an air ambulance for the treatment of the late former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
Describing Qatar as one of the most attractive labour markets for Bangladeshi workers, he said more than 400,000 Bangladeshis are currently contributing to Qatar's development with “skill, honesty, and dedication”.
Ariful expressed hope that Qatar would take on double the 107,598 Bangladeshi workers who went there in 2023.
With only one visa and medical centre currently operating in Dhaka -- far short of what is needed -- the minister urged his Qatari counterpart to set up visa and medical centres in all eight divisional cities to speed up visa processing and health checks.
According to him, 110 technical training centres under the ministry are currently offering training in 55 trades related to overseas employment.
State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare Md Nurul Haque urged Qatar to hire adequate numbers of skilled doctors, engineers, nurses, caregivers, Imams, Muazzins, Khateebs, and religious teachers from Bangladesh to take part in the country's ongoing development drive.
The Qatari minister praised the work ethic of Bangladeshi workers, saying around 473,000 of them are currently employed in Qatar, with 30 percent in the development sector and the rest across other professions.
On the interest in recruiting from five training centres across four sectors, he said the West Asian country had already set up two special training centres to upskill workers after their arrival.
On the request to expand visa centres to divisional cities, the minister said he would personally take the matter up with Qatar's interior minister to make it happen.
