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Dhaka: A total of 300 Bangladeshi candidates have been provisionally selected through a lottery for recruitment by Malaysia’s renowned company DHL Supply Chain, offering an opportunity for 112 workers to go abroad without paying any migration costs.
The electronic lottery was conducted transparently and impartially among applications submitted online between November 6 and 4:00pm on November 8. The draw took place at the Probashi Kalyan Bhaban in Dhaka at 4:30pm on Sunday.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, representatives of the ministry, officials of Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) and media personnel were present during the lottery.
A total of 4,029 candidates submitted applications within the stipulated timeframe. Of the 300 provisionally selected candidates, 200 were shortlisted for the position of Operations Assistant and 100 for Technical Skilled Workers positions.
The shortlisted candidates will undergo practical and oral examinations in the direct presence of representatives of DHL Supply Chain Malaysia. Following the assessment, 112 candidates will be finally selected for employment in Malaysia.
The list of provisionally selected candidates will be published shortly on BOESL’s official website and Facebook page, the ministry said.
Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ahmadul Haque said the initiative would play an important role in implementing the government’s electoral pledge to send one crore workers abroad over the next five years.
BOESL Managing Director Mohammad Rashedul Haque said this was the first time the government had introduced a lottery-based process to select eligible and skilled workers for overseas employment in Malaysia.
He said flights for the finally selected workers were expected to begin in the first week of December.
Meanwhile, BOESL has already received further recruitment demands from Malaysia for 558 workers in the tourism, manufacturing and caregiving sectors.
The respective employers will bear all expenses for these workers, including medical examinations and airfares, providing them with another opportunity to migrate to Malaysia without any recruitment or migration costs.
The initiative is expected to strengthen government-managed overseas recruitment, reduce the financial burden on migrant workers and help protect jobseekers from excessive recruitment fees and exploitation.