UNB, Sangsad Bhaban :
State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury on Tuesday said the government has a plan to send 60 lakh workers abroad in next five years.
The state minister said this in reply to a query from ruling Awami League MP elected from Bhola Nurunnabi Chowdhury in Parliament.
Responding to a query of Awami League MP elected from Laxmipur Nur Uddin Chowdhury Noyon, the minister said the government has taken various measures to increase overseas employment.
The measures included signing of a Memorandum of Understanding/agreement with 17 countries on sending manpower.
The state minister also said that as the ninth country, Bangladesh has earned acknowledgement to send skilled workers to Japan through memorandum of co-operation (MoC).
In reply to a query from independent MP elected from Abdullah Nahid Niger, the state minister said Bangladesh is sending workers to around 176 countries in the world.
He also said a total of 99.9 lakh Bangladeshi people have been employed abroad in the last 15 years.