Anniv of JFM observed: BD expanding labour market abroad: Minister

block
Staff Reporter :
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam on Tuesday said Bangladesh is expanding its labour market sharply abroad.
 “We are sending a good number of manpower abroad to boost our economy,” the Minister said it while addressing a discussion meeting in a local restaurant in Dhaka organized by Journalists Forum on Migration (JFM) on its first anniversary.
The minister said, his ministry is working hard to make the migration process easy, transparent and low in cost.
Monir Hossain, the President of the JFM presided over the programme. Former Ambassador Humayun Kabir and Migration expert and Chairman of Debate for Democracy, Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron, were special guests in the programme.
General Secretary of the organization Rabiul Haque, Vice-President Morsalin Babla, RTV’s News Editor Akter Hossain, Senior Reporter of Inqilab Shamsul Islam, Daily Independent Senior Reporter Rafiqul Islam Azad, among others, were present. BSS Senior reporter Sajjad Hossain moderated the programme.
Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron recommended some points in his keynote paper including cost minimization and easy loan process for migrants.
block