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Ensure proper use of remittance

Speakers urge

Star Business Desk
Speakers at a discussion in Tangail said on Saturday Bangladeshi expatriates from different countries have been sending remittances of about $6.4 billion a year -- an amount that promises to make the country self-sufficient.
Foreign aid will not be required if the huge amount of foreign exchange can be utilised properly, the speakers said at a discussion, organised as part of "Remittance Fair 2008" at Tangail Shaheed Smrity Poura Uddyan in the town.
Support should be extended to the expatriates to earn more remittance, they added.
The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) and Rural Poverty Deduction Organisation (RPDO) co-organised the fair. Manusher Jonno Foundation, an initiative that promotes human rights and good governance in Bangladesh, financed the programme.
A total of 15 stalls, including stalls of eight government and private banks in Tangail, displayed products at the daylong fair.
Although Bangladeshi expatriates are sending huge remittances into the country a year, which is the highest contribution to the country's GDP, they are not being justly honoured
by the state, the discussants complained.
Despite the existence of an expatriate development policy, immigration is still not safe as "dishonest” recruiting agencies are still active in the field, they alleged.
Tangail Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) KM Tariqul Islam inaugurated the fair and attended the discussion as chief guest.
Dr Tasnim Siddiqui, adviser of RMMRU and teacher of the Political Science Department at Dhaka University, addressed as main speaker. Executive Director of RPDO Rawshan Ara Lili chaired the event.
RMMRU has organised remittance fairs in different places of the country to keep the "flow of immigration and remittance in speed and to make banking services customer-friendly".
RMMRU will introduce the facilities given by the banks for the expatriates and their families through the fair.
RMMRU is a research, training and advocacy organisation of Dhaka University, which has been working on immigration and remittance at national and international levels since 1995.
RMMRU also directed the thematic media campaign about safe immigration across the country for the first time in South Asia, said Dr Tasnim Siddiqui.