Some 15 female migrants who were compelled to return home after losing jobs in Hong Kong urged the government to compensate them.
They made the urge at a press conference held in the Dhaka Reports Unity in the capital on Tuesday morning.
In the briefing, they also brought allegations of mistreatment against their employers.
They claimed they were provided with insufficient food, had to put up with excessive pressure of work and were frequently terminated from jobs.
Out of 30 returnees, 15 - including Beauti Aktar, Sohela Shamsunnar, Rupali Aktar and Sultana Parvin -were present at the press briefing.
“We demand compensation from the government that we took from the Prabashi Kallayan Bank,” Beauty Akter, one of the returnees, said.
According to BMET officials, around 300 female workers have gone to Hong Kong so far.
The recent cases of abuse of domestic helpers caused a public outcry in the city, prompting Hong Kong’s Labour Department to take preventive measures.