Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- One of the driving forces of the country's economy is the foreign employment sector.

According to data from the Bureau of Manpower Training and Employment (BMET), about 15 million people have gone abroad for employment in the last two decades.

Malaysia is the largest and traditional labour market for Bangladesh's manpower exports, after Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Although Bangladesh's manpower exports to Middle Eastern countries often face various crises and obstacles, the export of manpower to Malaysia has never stopped.

The changing political-economic reality has once increased the dependence on the Malaysian labour market.

Due to corruption, lack of transparency and syndicated profiteering related to recruit...