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January 25, 2001 

Sangsad Bhaban-- (UNB) - Some two million Bangladeshi workers are working abroad, Labour and Employment Minister MA Mannan told Parliament yesterday (Wednesday).

In reply to a supplementary question from Haji Mohammad Selim (Awami League-Dhaka), he said there is high demand for Bangladeshi workers in the overseas market. Last year, 222,686 people went abroad with job.

In the current fiscal year (2000-2001), so far, Tk 4,961.68 crore were earned from the remittances of expatriate wage earners. This is 8.15 per cent more than the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year (1999-2000).

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