Staff Reporter: Increasing of 17.05 per cent, the remittance may reach USD18.19 billion in this year if its current flow continues, a report showed it on Saturday.
Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) revealed the report at a press briefing based on Bangladesh Bank data at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Professor of Dhaka University Tasneem Siddiqui, Chairman of the RMMRU present the report.
It showed that Bangladeshi expatriates sent remittance of USD16.67 billion till November this year, about 19.87 per cent of them came from Saudi Arabia and 14.99 per cent came from the UAE.
The RMMRU’s report on ‘Labour Migration Trend Report-2019 said also that a total of 6,04,060 Bangladeshi workers went abroad including different countries in the middle-east and southeast Asia.
RMMRU chairman said according to the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), the number of Bangladeshi expatriates declined this year.
She said that the Malaysian labour market are closed for more than a year for Bangladeshi workers it is why the number of expatriates decreased.
