Pandemic lays bare pain and struggle of BD migrant workersbdnews24.com :Inward remittances have shattered one record after another in the outgoing year, but the coronavirus pandemic has revealed the real cost of the foreign currency - sufferings and struggle of the migrant workers. The money sent by more than 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers, one of the driving forces of the country's economy, accounts for nearly 12 percent of its GDP. Caught in a predicament, thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers demonstrated for days in Dhaka for tickets. But the projection proved to be well off the mark as migrant workers sent record amounts home after a dip in April. In July alone, migrant workers sent $2.6 billion, an all-time monthly high.

Source: bd News24 December 27, 2020 16:52 UTC