A writ has been filed in the High Court seeking instructions to compensate the families of 714 Bangladeshi women workers who died in different countries, including Saudi Arabia, in the last seven years.
Supreme Court lawyer Anjuman Ara Lima filed the writ on Monday.
She said that the High Court bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel may hear the writ petition.
The writ has also sought directions to ensure the safety and welfare of expatriate women workers.
The secretaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) have been made defendants in the writ.
On January 30, a report was published in the Bangla daily Prothom Alo that raised questions regarding the deaths of 714 women workers who died in different countries.
From 2016 to 2022, the workers' causes of death were shown as either natural death or cerebral hemorrhage.