Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (April 2) laid emphasis on exploring overseas employment opportunities in new countries and sending skilled workforce there, urging expatriate Bangladeshis to send remittance to the country through legal channels.
 
She said: "We have to find new employment areas and new countries (for sending workforce). We will arrange befitting training (for the workers) that a country needs."
 
The Premier was delivering the introductory speech at the second meeting of the national steering committee on expatriates' welfare and overseas employment at her official residence Ganabhaban.
 
She said "We have to send skilled workforce and that is why we've arranged multipurpose training facilities for our workers."
 
"If we can send skilled workforce through proper training, we have a big opportunity to attain economic solvency," she added.
 
The PM also asked the officials concerned to look into the matters so that Bangladeshi expatriate workers stay well and encourage them to send remittance using legal channels.

BDST: 1514 HRS, APRIL 02, 2023
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