Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Italy has assured that it will expedite visa processing for Bangladeshi workers, addressing long-standing delays. However, stakeholders have urged the Italian authorities to take concrete steps to resolve the issue permanently, ensuring smoother migration and employment opportunities.

Concerned stakeholders said that when the visas are not processed within a short time needed for the processing of the visa, it creates problems for the workers to go to that country.

"These workers are even failing to try for other countries to work as their visas are pending in the Italian Embassy in Dhaka," Joint Secretary General of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) Ali Haidar told the New Nation ...