Dead workers
Foreign remittance plays a very important role in our economy. The lion's share of the country's income comes from the Bangladeshis working in different countries. Virtually, our government does not have any production cost behind this huge income. Our workers' hard work brings this huge amount of money to our economy. But recently we have seen that hundreds of Bangladeshi workers are being brought back home dead. Some days ago, the dead bodies of 64 Bangladeshi workers were brought back home. The causes behind these deaths are said to be cardiac failures, accidents, brain strokes and other, largely unspecified, causes. A worker goes abroad safe and sound and suddenly the family members get the news of unnatural death. Is that acceptable? Nothing can compensate for the loss of those family members. Your dear one is staying away from you for earning and suddenly one day you hear that he is no more. How does it feel like?
I also have some dear ones working in the Middle East and I am really anxious about them. Our government should seriously look into the matter and ask for a logical explanation of these tragic happenings. The recruiting agencies and employer companies are responsible to a great extent for such deaths. It is a crying need to probe the matter. When a healthy man goes abroad to earn a living, we never want him to come back home dead within months.
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