Protect foreign remittance earning sector
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As per the information released by the ministry of expatriates' welfare and overseas employment, Bangladesh has earned a record amount of foreign remittance amounting more than $ 14 billion and exported the second highest number of workers to Middle East last year. Although the reports are encouraging, one can not but worry about the ban on manpower recruitment imposed by the Middle East countries -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and UAE. Manpower export is one of the most significant foreign currency earning sectors of our country. It contributes to our national economy in a large measure by increasing foreign exchange reserve, per capita income and employment opportunities. Any barrier to our manpower export to Middle East will have a negative impact on our national economy. Diplomatic and high profile discussions should be held to address this issue. Allegations of irregularities and malpractice raised by manpower importing countries should be taken into account in order to check the same strictly. All necessary measures for regaining the mutual trust and good relation with the host countries should be initiated soon by the authorities concerned to bring back normalcy and save the valuable income generating sector of the country.
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