FROM MALAYSIA: Once the Bangladeshis were treated with some negative body language as ‘Bangla’ in Malaysia but those neglected Bangalees have built Malaysia a dream land for the last two decades by dint of their labor and merit.  

The contribution of the Bangladeshi labors to making this glittering dream land is the maximum. 

They came here for their livelihood. They did not give Malaysia less than what they were paid. They built huge infrastructures and contributed in farm land. Labor and their merit collectively contributed for Malaysia.

Some Bangladeshis residing here for a long time informed that the Bangladeshi labors played the key role of artists in building and decorating Putrajaya, Syberjaya, Tamil Jaya, Pahang, Malacca, Cherus, Puchaong, Kajang, JohorBaru and Penang.  

The number of Bangladeshi labors is increasing day by day in the country significantly. 

In last February, Bangladesh Overseas Employment & Expatriate Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain in a statement in the Jatiyo Sangsad informed that in next two years more two lakhs registered labors will be sent to Malaysia.  

However the expatriate well wishers in Malaysia are giving stress on the skill and legality of the incoming labors. 

In their opinion, there is ample scope of work. The maximum people moving on the Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) are Bangladeshi labors. 

Malaysia still needs thousands of farm labor as there are huge fallow lands in the country. 

Minar Hossain, a construction labor working in Putrajaya, told that it is for one’s betterment to come with skill and legality. 

Minar Hossain who has been in Malaysia for twenty years told that Putrajaya, the most beautiful and picturesque city was built mostly by the Bangladeshi labors with emotional touches on the bricks and cement.

He told banglanews, we built the city by cutting the hills. When anybody calls it beautiful then there is a feeling of happiness and emotion. We sweated here and it dried up also here. 

Minar is now in sound financial condition and has involved himself in hotel business. 

The labors of other countries even sometime cannot compete with Bangladeshi skilled labors. Particularly the Tamils are a bit jealous and now competing with us and making some sort of problems. 

On the other hand, in some cases the Bangladeshi labors commit some mistakes. Due to lack of unity among the Bangladeshis others neglect us. 

Whereas the Bangladeshi labors are inseparable part of this country’s history. The touch of Bangladeshi labors is everywhere whether on wide roads or in the sky scrappers. 

The road leading from Cherus to Kajang Tamiljaya was once very narrow. Now it is very wide, a contribution of Bangladeshi labor.

Shah Alam, an expatriate from Munshiganj, has been working here for last twenty four years, was engaged in Cherus road construction work. 

He worked here as if his own work. He attached all his care not for his own livelihood only but for the love of the local people that also inspired him.   

Shah Alam is now a businessman and contractor. He helps the labors coming from his own country. 

He told that which he wants that those who are coming now, they can be engaged in a better job. 

He informed that the Bangladeshis create their own problem by quarreling among themselves. Tamils take this opportunity of their internal feud. 

Many Bangladeshis face problems and they also face repressions which go un-protested resulting no resolve of the repression. 

From long experiences, these expatriates informed that during 1996-98, the Bangladeshis were harmless. 

In this situation the Malayi Tamils coming from Eastern India used to repress them in many ways. 

Even when the Bangladeshis protested their repressions the Tamils used to snatch away passport and also carried on physical torture.

However, gradually the Bangladeshis also become wise and smart enough to tackle them. 

The old and experienced told that the skilled and legal labors have good prospect in this country because they have no scare of push back or detention. Ultimately they prosper and shine with the passage of time. 

In this way the once neglected Bangla will one day shine and will be a matter of pride, observe some successful migrants. 

BDST: 1656 HRS, JUN 16, 2014