Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Asif Nazrul has said Oman has assured that work visas for Bangladeshis would be reopened within the next two months.

He said this after a meeting with Oman's Minister of Labour Dr Mahad bin Said bin Ali Baawain on the sidelines of the Global Labour Market Conference in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia on Monday.

During the discussion, Asif Nazrul praised Oman's initiative to regularise irregular Bangladeshi workers without imposing fines.

He also urged the Omani minister to facilitate the entry of skilled Bangladeshi professionals, including engineers, doctors and nurses, into Oman's labour market.

At the same time, he requested a review of the suspension on visas for unskil...