Some 1.2 crore Bangladeshi people are engaged in various jobs in 178 countries across the globe, according to an official document. In the last 10 years, 66,33,000 professional, skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled people went to various countries taking various jobs, which is 60% of the total employment abroad. The World Bank on June 19 approved financing the Second Programmatic Jobs Development Policy Credit to provide some $250 million to Bangladesh as development policy credit. The government has also activated National Skills Development Authority for coordinating government's various skill development activities. The government also formed National Human Resource Development Fund for ensuring smooth financing for skill development programmes.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 08, 2020 15:33 UTC