India, Jan. 6 -- An estimated 5-7 million Bangladeshis work in the Middle Eastern countries. This predominantly labour workforce makes them the third-biggest expatriate community, after the Indians and Pakistanis. But unlike the Indian diaspora, which has a diverse occupational and socio-economic status, the Bangladeshis are predominantly in the low-wage sectors like construction, transport, factories, domestic work, cleaning, security, et al. Despite the low-to-modest wages, the Bangladeshi workforce live frugally and support their families back home, and even their national economy, through remittances of crucial foreign currency. Bangladeshi exchequer earnings from remittances are higher than earnings from exports. A sizeable $25 billi...