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Bangladesh's manpower export decreased by 24% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training (BMET). The country sent 997,008 workers abroad in 2024, down from 1,305,453 in 2023. This drop was caused by the global economic slowdown, conflicts in the Middle East, and the suspension of manpower imports by Malaysia and Oman.
Economic ties between Bangladesh and Oman are set to grow in the coming days. In 2023, two-way trade between the two countries amounted to approximately $240 million, while Bangladeshi expatriates in Oman remitted $923.75 million to their homeland.
India should consider issuing on-arrival visas to Bangladesh nationals, given Bangladesh's sustained economic growth, the emergence of a burgeoning upper-middle class and middle class and the challenges faced by patients seeking medical treatment in neighboring countries, according to politicians, diplomats, business leaders and policymakers.
Following the saltwater crocodile species, the forest department has officially come forward in the breeding of freshwater species (marsh crocodiles) which are on the extinct list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
As Bangladesh has become an emerging economy in the region and has maintained a steady economic growth over years defying the corona pandemic, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decided to expand multilateral engagements especially in the trade and investment with the South Asian country.
Bangladesh's labour export to Oman, a prospective market in the Gulf countries, will suffer the Sultanate of Oman has suspended the issuance of visas across all categories in case of Bangladeshi nationals effective on October 31, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said on Tuesday, according to Times of Oman, a leading English daily.