Lower migration cost stressed
The country's economic development can be intensified through exporting skilled manpower if the cost of migration is reasonable, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
They were speaking at a mock parliament held in the capital's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and Debate for Democracy jointly organised the programme on the third day of celebration of International Migrants Day.
Different study reports have shown that Bangladesh's cost of migration is twice or thrice that of Pakistan, India, Nepal and other countries, said Expatriates' Welfare Secretary Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan.
Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiron, chairman of Debate for Democracy, said the government is adding a large amount of the expatriates' remittance to the national economy without investing any mentionable capital.
Kiron recommended forming a high level coordinating committee to combine government and private entrepreneurs to export a large number of manpower.
Green University, a private university, and Jahangirnagar University took part in the mock parliament as ruling and opposition parties respectively.
Selim Reza, additional director general of The Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training, addressed the discussion among others.
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