Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Female labour migration from Bangladesh fell to a three-year low in the 2023 calendar year, although the country set a record for sending overall workers abroad.

According to BMET data, 76,519 women went to different job destination countries in 2023, while it was 105,466 workers in 2022 and 80,143 in 2021.

Besides, in five years before the outbreak of Covid-19, more than 100,000 women went abroad each year.

The limited outflow of women workers to Saudi Arabia is reflected in the overall women migration, according to officials and manpower recruitment agencies.

Statistics showed the kingdom hired 50,254 women workers from Bangladesh in 2023 and 70,279 in 2022.

The migration process for women is lengthy as Bangladesh...