| 1. |
1339 applications were received from the expatriates of different
categories for different sizes of flat 1800 sft., 1500 sft., 1200 sft. and 1000 sft. etc. |
| 2. |
476 applicants have been selected by open lottery. |
| 3. |
But the result of lottery could not be made public for the cause of
uncertainty of work completion of the project. |
| 4. |
Arrangement has been made in the BMET to let the applicants know their
fate of lottery. In this regard Deputy Director (Welfare) may be contacted over telephone
no + 88-02-8351769. |
| 5. |
By this time, construction work of the project has been completed up to
10-11%. Out of 6 buildings, 1 building has been completed up to Level -03, another one up
to Level - 02 and the rest 4 at the stage of completing the piling work. |
| 6. |
The contractors postponed the construction work on the plea of price
escalation of construction materials and filed two Arbitration Misc. Case with the Court.
For that reason, the result of the lottery of the flats could not be made public. |
| 7. |
BMET, Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and the
Wage Earner's Welfare Board are taking necessary measures to resolve the issue. |
| 8. |
In response to the contractors' arbitration case, BMET has initiated the
arbitration proceedings. As a result, retired Chief Justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury and
retired Justice Sayed Amirul Islam have been appointed as an umpire and arbitrator. |
| 9. |
Wage Earner's Welfare Board decided on its 160th board meeting
(22/02/2007) to allow the applicants to take the security money back on their desire.
Accordingly, by this time, 38 applicants have taken their security money back. |
| 10. |
It is expected that on completion of the arbitration proceedings, the
result of the lottery for the flats will be published soon. |
| 11. |
It has been decided to refund security deposit to thoseapplicants who will apply for it. Details can be seen in the circurar & nomination form. |
