Help govt send more professionals abroad

President urges expatriates

20 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Bss, DHAKA

President Zillur Rahman has urged Bangladeshi expatriates for carrying out advocacy from their respective positions so that the government would be able to send more professionals abroad. The president made the call on Saturday night when nearly 200 Bangladeshi expatriates residing in different provinces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called on him at Hotel Hayat Regency in Dubai, according to a message received here yesterday. Zillur has a stopover in Dubai on his way to London for undertaking a medical check up. The Bangladeshi expatriates including engineers, physicians, businessmen and local community leaders met with the president at the hotel, dividing in small groups. An expatriate group, comprising women and children, also called on the president. The president exchanged greetings with them and expressed his gratitude to the expatriate community for sending huge amount of remittance, which is immensely contributing to the overall development of the country. The expatriates hoped that Bangladesh would make its forward march under the present government. The President's medical check-up will be conducted at Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London. Zillur is accompanied by his family members and secretaries concerned of the president's office and his personal physician. He is expected to return home on June 29.