Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said some 20,988 foreign citizens are now working at different organizations in Bangladesh.
“Some 20,988 foreign citizens from nearly 115 countries across the world are now working at different development projects, industries, NGOs, INGos and different organizations with legal work permit”, said the minister.
The minister said this while responding to a star-marked question made by treasury bench lawmaker M Mamunur Rashid Kiron of Noakhali-3 in the question-answer session which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad here with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Of the working foreign citizens, he said 6075 are Chinese, 5,876 are Indians, 2,468 Russian, 1,246 Sri Lankan, 924 are South Korean, 557 Japanese, 416 are Pakistani, 460 Pilipino, 399 are Thai, 378 Belarusian, 269 Kazak, 168 Americans, 139 Korean, 123 Malaysian and 108 Indonesian.
They are working in Bangladesh on the basis of legal work permit and visas, the minister told the parliament.
