The Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) has made a request to the airport authorities to provide special services to expatriate workers returning to the country during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.

Sources at the Dhaka airport said expatriate workers have started returning to the country on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. This trend will continue for the next few days.

BMET wrote a letter to the executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday making the request.

In the letter, it was said that, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, around 3,500 and 4,000 expatriates are coming to the country every day amid the heatwave.

"Remittances sent by migrant workers are playing an important role in the socio-economic development of the country. In this context, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare has requested all concerned to provide special services which are provided at the airport so that the migrant workers can get the joy of returning home safely," reads the letter.

While talking to The Daily Star, Group Captain Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said work is going on to improve the quality of passenger services.

"For this, meetings are being held regularly with domestic and foreign airlines operating at the airport. Every expatriate who comes to the country during the Eid holiday brings many gifts for their relatives. Airlines have been given special instructions to ensure that no passenger's luggage goes missing. Apart from this, a meeting has been held with APBn, immigration and customs authorities in this regard."

Last year, many expatriates who came to the country during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday suffered due to luggage being lost.