A total of 95,486 Bangladeshi workers have been sent abroad, including Malaysia, in the last two months, which was 108.04% higher than that of the corresponding period of 2005. While the country has received remittances of 1.16 billion US dollars, (this is equivalent to Taka 8024.98 crore) in November and December last year, which was much higher than that of the same period of 2005.
Speaking at a press briefing at the conference room of the Press Information Department (PID). the Adviser for Labour, Employment and Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Professor (Emeritus) Sufia Rahman said that a total of 381,516Â people went abroad for employment in 2006.
“It was the highest record in a single year in the history of country’s manpower export,” she said.
About the flow of remittances, the Adviser said, the country has received a total of 5,485.98 million US dollars (equivalent to Taka 38,327.30 crore) as remittances in 2006, which was the highest ever remittances earned in a single year from manpower export.
“It was made possible due to the time befitting and effective measures taken by the government in this regard,” she said.
About sending female workers abroad, the Adviser said, the search for jobs for the female workers in foreign countries have been intensified. “However, a total of 3,196 female workers have been sent abroad with employment in November and December,” she told the briefing.
Prof. Sufia also highlighted other activities taken by the government for the welfare of expatriate workers. Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment M Didarul Anwar, secretary of the Labour and Employment Ministry Ashfaque Siddiqui, joint secretary of the Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Joint Secretary Mansur Raja Chowdhury, Additional Director Generals of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Nazma Begum and Badrul Amin, Managing Director of Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd. (BOESL) Mahburbur Rahman and concerned officials were present.
[Edited by Simon]
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackDoes the U.S. have a similar government position here? I would like to have several economists who were faulty in their judgement apply for positions in your country. We have several slightly used and greedy scum sucking slimeballs available. They’ve done quite enough damage here, we could as a country take all their Golden Parachute money and repatriate it to the people of the U.S. and ship them to you for very little cost. They could be lashed to some of the cargo crates which arrive here filled with cheaply made goods at rock bottom prices. Keep them as long as you like. They take kindly to bowing and scraping, don’t really do much, like to ride in company jets…and a facial or two once in a while keeps them happy.
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