Business Desk :
Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy Md Shameem Ahsan expressed his gratitude to the remittance senders, acknowledging the significant contribution being made by the Bangladesh diaspora for uplifting the economy back home. He was speaking as the chief guest at a reception organized to honour to six expatriate Bangladesh nationals and one business organization with “Remittance Award” on the occasion of “International Migrants Day-2021”. Bangladesh expatriates sent $21,752.27 million in 2020, with Saudi Arabia on the top of the list with $5,128.48 million, followed by USA with $2,952.98 million, UAE with $2,507.64 million, UK with $1,649.07 million, Kuwait $1,569.14 million and Italy with $712.43 million. As the government is giving 2% incentives to remittance senders, the Bangladeshi envoy to Italy urged expatriate Bangladeshis to send their hard-earned money through official channels.
He also said that the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was an expatriate-friendly government, while highlighting the major steps taken by the government in the context of this year’s theme of the day. He further said that during the Covid-19 pandemic, a large number of Bangladeshi nationals who were stranded in different countries were brought back to the country and financial assistance was provided by the government to the expatriates who were facing serious difficulties for loss of jobs.
