Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Md Nurul Hoque says that efforts will be made to extend the visas of Bangladeshi expatriate workers living in Saudi Arabia whose visas are about to expire amid the ongoing conflict in Saudi Arabia.

However, he said that it is not possible to hold such talks at the moment as Saudi Arabia itself is embroiled in the conflict.

The state minister's remarks came in response to questions from journalists at a hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Regarding the Bangladeshi casualties in the airstrike in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the state minister said: "A number of Bangladeshis were seriously injured and killed in the airstrike in Riyadh on Sunday. Our embassy in Riyadh...