Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam hopes that the number of overseas employment of 2017 will cross 1 milllion.
The minister expressed his hope at a meet the press programme with Reporters for Bangladeshi Migrants (RBM) on Tuesday.
The programme was arranged on ‘Labour Market in Middle East' at the Probashi Kollayan Bhaban in Dhaka.
Nurul Islam said more than 0.95 million workers went abroad until December 12 this year.
The majority number of workers went in Saudi Arabia with over 0.5 million followed by Oman 83016 and Qatar 77145, he said.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Secretary Namita Halder, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Salim Reza and senior officials of the ministry and other departments were present at the programme.
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