Dhaka, April 26 -- Some 800,000 Bangladeshi workers, jobless and quarantined in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) north-western part, have been facing food crisis for the last two weeks, said insiders.
At least 80 per cent of around 1.0 million Bangladeshi workers, mostly living in Jeddah, Makkah, Medina, Khamis, Taif and Tabuk regions, are suffering from lack of food or cash, according to their estimate.
A good number of workers told The Financial Express (FE) that they did not get any relief, either from Saudi authorities or from Bangladesh mission officials.
A section of Bangladeshi philanthropists offered some assistance to only a few hundred of workers, they added.
"I've been struggling to survive, as I cannot always manage food ...