Malek got his visa in late January and is scheduled to start work at a cafe in Hail on April 1. Ali Haider, former secretary-general of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira), said around 10 million Bangladeshis were working around the world. According to the Bureau of Manpower Export and Training (BMET), 734,000 Bangladeshis went to work in different parts of the world in 2018. Of these, 453,000 went to the Middle East. The country earned $191,732 million in remittances from expatriate Bangladeshis last year, with around 75% of this sum sent from those in the Middle East.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 01, 2019 11:15 UTC