Chittagong Bureau :
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc hoped that over 10 lakh Bangladeshi workers would get overseas employment opportunities by the end of this year.
“This year, some 9.64 lakh Bangladeshi workers got employment opportunities abroad so far and the total number is likely to cross 10 lakh at the end of this year (calendar year),” he said. The minister was addressing a roundtable titled ‘Migration Diplomacy: Successes, Limitations and Steps’ as the chief guest held at Dhaka recently.
Debate for Democracy organized the roundtable moderated by Secretary General of National Debate Federation Mostafizur Rahman Khan.
Debate for Democracy Chairman Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron presented the key-note paper at the roundtable while former ambassador Humayun Kabir, BMET Director General Selim Reza, Dhaka International University Vice-Chancellor
Dr KM Mohsin, among others, spoke at the roundtable. The Expatriates’ Welfare Minister also informed that some 71,433 female workers went to Saudi Arabia in the last year while the country has also agreed to take close male relatives of the female workers alongside taking more female workers, a sources of the Minister in Chittagong added.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc hoped that over 10 lakh Bangladeshi workers would get overseas employment opportunities by the end of this year.
“This year, some 9.64 lakh Bangladeshi workers got employment opportunities abroad so far and the total number is likely to cross 10 lakh at the end of this year (calendar year),” he said. The minister was addressing a roundtable titled ‘Migration Diplomacy: Successes, Limitations and Steps’ as the chief guest held at Dhaka recently.
Debate for Democracy organized the roundtable moderated by Secretary General of National Debate Federation Mostafizur Rahman Khan.
Debate for Democracy Chairman Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron presented the key-note paper at the roundtable while former ambassador Humayun Kabir, BMET Director General Selim Reza, Dhaka International University Vice-Chancellor
Dr KM Mohsin, among others, spoke at the roundtable. The Expatriates’ Welfare Minister also informed that some 71,433 female workers went to Saudi Arabia in the last year while the country has also agreed to take close male relatives of the female workers alongside taking more female workers, a sources of the Minister in Chittagong added.
