Cumilla
district has become topped in the list of foreign remittance earners across the
country. The enlightenment of the country's economy is called foreign remittance.
The expatriates of the Comilla district have been top for the fourth
consecutive year for achieve this foreign remittance earnings. The information
was presented at the monthly development coordination meeting of Comilla
District Commissioner's Office on January 2019.
The
meeting was chaired by the Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Fazle Mir. In the
meeting, the Deputy Commissioner of Cumilla district congratulated the
expatriates of the district for earning this honor. In the meeting, it was
reported that Comilla district is at the top in achieving remittance across the
country. Currently about eight lac people of this district are living legally
in various countries across the Globe. Homna upazila is at the top of all the
upazilas in Cumilla district based on numbers. Maximum numbers of expatriate
from Homna upazila are working abroad.
In
the meeting, the District Commissioner, Abul Fazle Mir said, "We are the
servants of the Country. Our task will be to ensure 100 percent transparency in
fulfilling the duties for the people of the country, by providing public
services to their doorsteps by ensuring accountability. And in the New Year
this is what the officials and employees of the country will serve”.
In
the meeting the Additional Superintendent of Police Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun spoke
about the overall law and order situation of the district. Other speakers in
the meeting were District’s Civil Surgeon Dr. Majibur Rahman, Deputy Director
of Comilla Agricultural Extension Dilip Kumar Adhikari, Local Government
Division Comilla Zone Deputy Director Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Chairman of
Adarsh Sadar Upazila Parishad Advocate Aminul Islam Tutul, Comilla City
Corporation Secretary Helal Uddin.
The
Expatriates who are living and working abroad, involved in the economic
development of Bangladesh. The people of 10 districts of the country from all
the 64 districts spend more exile. Based on the information’s of the Ministry
of Labor, Employment and Training Bureau of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, around
57,74,540 Bangladeshi nationals are staying abroad from the year 2005 to 2015.
1st
- Comilla:
Cumilla
district is at top of the list, total 6,19,138 people from Cumilla are living
abroad from this district.
2nd
– Chittagong:
Chittagong
district is in the second place of the top ten lists. There are 5,41,709 people
living in different countries in the world from this district.
3rd
– Brahmanbaria:
B.
Baria is in the third place of the top 10 lists. From this district 2,95,381
people went abroad.
4th
– Tangail:
Tangail
district is in the fourth place on the list. 2,90,717 people living abroad from
this district and earning foreign remittance.
5th
– Dhaka:
Dhaka
district has the fifth position in the list among top 10 districts where the
number of NRB is 2,53,734 from Dhaka.
6th
– Chandpur:
Chandpur
district has the sixth place in the list of exile. Around 2,35,334 people from
this district have found employment in different countries across the world.
7th
– Noakhali:
Noakhali
district is in seventh place among 10 districts where the number of NRB is 2,27,343
who are living and working hard for the country.
8th
– Munshiganj:
Munshiganj
is at the eighth position among the list. Around 1,73 477 people from this
district are living abroad.
9th
– Narsingdi:
Narsingdi
is the ninth district of the list. Around 1,59,384 people from this district
are living and working abroad.
10th
– Feni:
Feni
district is at the 10th place in the top ten lists. 1,56,199 people from
Feni district living and working abroad.
The rest expatriates are from the rest 54 districts of the country.
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