Dhaka - Thousands of Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait began reporting back to their jobs Wednesday after their employers in the oil-rich state agreed to meet their demands for higher wages, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said.

Acting Foreign Secretary MAK Mahmud said the Bangladeshi mission in Kuwait confirmed that 12,000 workers who had walked off their jobs over simmering discontent on wages were returning to work.

The Kuwaiti companies hiring the Bangladeshis had agreed to give a raise to the expatriate workers who were mostly doing unskilled odd jobs, Mahmud added.

Kuwait City - Kuwait's parliament speaker criticized the US for using "double standards in its attempt to stop Iran's nuclear programme while turning a blind eye to Israel's," local media reported

New Delhi, July 4: Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali, Finance Minister of Kuwait, met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath here last evening.

Kuwait City - Kuwait is drawing up a contingency plan to maintain the flow of oil exports in case Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route in the Gulf, a Kuwait official was quoted as sa

Kuwait City - Kuwait's new cabinet was to hold its first meeting Thursday a day after three cabinet posts given to two women and a pro-Hezbollah Shiite municipal councillor drew the anger of the c