DHAKA: New opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s mega-projects, tourism, and healthcare sectors will be available for skilled Bangladeshis under a recently signed labor deal, the Kingdom’s ambassador said, expecting up to 300,000 openings in the coming months.
About 3.6 million Bangladeshis live and work in Saudi Arabia, sending home over $5 billion every year.
They have been joining the Saudi labor market since the 1970s and are the largest expat group in the Kingdom and the largest Bangladeshi community outside Bangladesh.
Earlier regulated by memoranda on specific labor deployment, since October, this work migration has been governed by a general recruitment agreement.
“The new employment agreement signed in October 2025 between Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh marks an important step in formalizing labor migration, expanding skilled job opportunities, and strengthening protections for Bangladeshi workers in the Kingdom,” Dr. Abdullah Zafer bin Abiyah, Riyadh’s new envoy to Dhaka, told Arab News earlier this week.
