Zafar Ahmed, Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 13 Dec 2020 01:59 AM BdST
Updated: 13 Dec 2020 01:59 AM BdST
As much as 13 percent of Bangladeshis who went abroad for work after taking loans by mortgaging properties between 2015 and 2018 have lost the assets after failing to repay the debts, according to a study by the national statistical agency. );
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The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted its first-ever Immigration Expenditure Survey in February and March this year through random sampling of the expatriates by taking information from their families.
The BBS uploaded the report on its website recently, but decided not to publish it at an event considering the coronavirus outbreak, said Kabir Uddin Ahmed, who directs the bureau’s industry and labour wing.