Dhaka, May 11 -- Economists in Bangladesh noted with great happiness that Bangladesh's inward remittance had crossed for the first time in its history the US Dollar 3 billion mark in March this year. Bangladesh Bank data indicated that Bangladesh citizens working abroad had sent remittances equivalent to US Dollar 3.29 billion in March-- a jump of nearly 65 per cent from US Dollar 1.99 billion that had come the same month a year earlier in 2024. The inflow of remittances during the July 2024-April 2025 period had grown to US Dollar 24.39 billion.

Such wonderful news has raised questions on various issues related to several dimensions pertaining not only to safe recruitment paradigm but also with regard to working conditions for migrant w...