Italy agrees to include Bangladesh in farm workers programme: FM

Finally, Italy has agreed to include Bangladesh in its Farm Workers Program, responding to Bangladesh's appeal.

Instead of returning home after each season, the Italian government revoked this privilege because Bangladeshi farmworkers never returned home (and) thus violated the terms of this program, "Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told UNB on Monday."

When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her counterpart in Rome this year, he said she asked him to include Bangladesh in their Farm Workers Program.

Honoring her appeal, the Italian government gave Bangladeshi nationals the opportunity to do so, the Foreign Minister said.