51,98,914 workers went abroad in 9 yrs

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BSS, Sangsad Bhaban :
Bangladesh has sent 51,98,914 male and female Bangladeshi workers from 2009 to 2017.
“The Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has undertaken various activities aimed at sending more workers abroad,” Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc said.
He said this while replying to a starred question from treasury bench member Ali Azam of Bhola-2 in the Jatiya Sangsad today.
The minister said the ministry has taken various initiatives to create new job markets along with the existing ones.
He said the government has successfully increased the number of overseas job markets to 165 during the last nine years, which was only 97 during the tenure of last alliance government.
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