Country receives $ 95b remittance in 7 years: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a total of 37,15,111 workers went abroad with employment and remitted $ 94.98 billion from 2010 to 2016, reports BSS. 
“Bangladesh sent 7,57,731 overseas workers including 1,18,158 females to 162 countries and received $ 13.61 billion as remittance in 2016,” she said this while responding to a question from treasury bench member Selina Begum in the Jatiya Sangsad.
Sheikh Hasina said the present Awami League government has undertaken various programmes for development and modernization of migration procedure along with welfare of the expatriate workers.
She informed the House that the government honoured 12 expatriates as commercial important persons (CIPs) in 2016, adding, “The CIPs would have privilege to enter Bangladesh Secretariat by using this card side by side with reserved seats for traveling by air, train and waterways.”

Country receives $ 95b remittance in 7 years: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a total of 37,15,111 workers went abroad with employment and remitted $ 94.98 billion from 2010 to 2016, reports BSS. Bangladesh sent 7,57,731 overseas workers including 1,18,158 females to 162 countries and received $ 13.61 billion as remittance in 2016, she said this while responding to a question from treasury bench member Selina Begum in the Jatiya Sangsad. Sheikh Hasina said the present Awami League government has undertaken various programmes for development and modernization of migration procedure along with welfare of the expatriate workers. She informed the House that the government honoured 12 expatriates as commercial important persons (CIPs) in 2016, adding, The CIPs would have privilege to enter Bangladesh Secretariat by using this card side by side with reserved seats for traveling by air, train and waterways.