‘Non-resident Bangladeshis buoying Bangladesh’
Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) have been playing a key role in buoying the country's economy during the pandemic as they sent a record amount of remittance despite all obstacles brought on by Covid-19, said participants of an event on Sunday.
One of the pivotal factors of the successes of Bangladesh is the direct and indirect contribution of NRBs. Because of their relentless hard work, Bangladesh has become one of the major remittance recipient countries in the world, they added.
The remarks came at a "BBF NRBs Summit-2020" organised by non-profit youth development and women empowerment organisation Better Bangladesh Foundation (BBF).
Held through a digital platform, the event bore the title "Engagement of NRBs towards digital, sustainable and inclusive development during and post-global Covid 19 situation: strategies and the way forward".
The government is committed to do everything for expatriate Bangladeshis and will provide them all kinds of welfare facilities, said Planning Minister MA Mannan.
"Bangladesh received its highest-ever annual remittance of about $14.5 billion last fiscal, money hard-earned and sent home by expatriate Bangladeshis," said Prof Masud A Khan, the BBF chairman.
"The NRBs' contribution to the holistic development of the country is tremendous," he said.
Muhammad Faruk Khan, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs; Atiur Rahman, former Bangladesh Bank governor; Md Sirazul Islam, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority; Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, secretary to the expatriates and overseas welfare ministry; Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, ambassador to Germany, and Shameem Ahsan, high commissioner to Nigeria, also spoke.
The Daily Star and Channel i were the summit's online media partners while BNO Lubricants, Concord Group, Brac Bank and MAX Group corporate partners.
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