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DHAKA, Dec 2, 2024 (BSS) - With sincere efforts by different stakeholders, especially the incumbent government, Bangladesh sent 10,58,531 workers overseas and received $ 11.13b in remittance during July-November period.
 
"The trend of overseas employment is satisfactory as 10,58,531 job seekers went abroad with employment from July 1 to November 30," an official of Bangladesh Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) told BSS today.
 
He said out of the total overseas job seekers, 9,80,213 were male and 78,318 were female went abroad with employment till November 30.
 
According to the Bangladesh Bank's latest data, inward remittances sent home by expatriate Bangladeshis rose 14 percent year-on-year to $2.2 billion in November.
 
In the July-November period of this fiscal year, remittance earning stood at $11.13 billion, up from $8.80 billion at the same period of the last fiscal year.
 
The Bangladeshi nationals who went abroad sent home 26.4 percent higher amount of money in the first five months of this fiscal year compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year.
 
Talking to BSS Deputy Director (ongoing charge) of BMET Mohammad Jahirul Alam Majumder said the inflow of remittance is tremendously increased as expatriates income also increased for the last nine consecutive months.
 
He said even then, a record amount of remittance came to Bangladesh in the current year. Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$2.2 billion remittances in November and in September, 2024, remittances stood at $2.4 billion.
 
Experts said that expatriates have sent the money saved from their regular necessary and other costs to the country.
 
"We've been working to increase the number of overseas migrant workers as well as ensure the rights and protection of them," the BMET officer said.
 
According to the World Bank's Migration and Development Brief, released in June, migration and development briefs were produced every six months and provided updates on key developments in the area of migration and remittance flows and related policies.
 
Besides, experts advised the government to invest in developing need-based skilled manpower like nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers, as its demand would increase in many countries.
 
The government set up many training centres in different districts along with skill development programmes to create skilful jobseekers.
 
The government also encouraged documented overseas employment, as an important component of earning foreign currency.
 
The government provided various trainings including diploma in ship building engineering, refrigeration and air-conditioning, general mechanics, electrical machine maintenance, auto CAD 2D and 3D, welding (6G), catering, mason, Korean, Arabic, canton, Japanese language and others.
 
Earlier, the government declared the overseas employment sector as a "thrust sector" with maximum stress upon further expanding job markets for the Bangladeshi job seekers abroad.
 
According to data in the ministry, the government has already set up many training centres in different districts along with skill development programmes to create skilful jobseekers.
 
The government encourages documented overseas employment, as an important component of earning foreign currency.