Sangsad Bhaban, April 20 -- Over 1.14 crore (11.4 million) workers were sent to 12 Middle East countries over the past 22 years, according to the statistics placed by Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury in Parliament on Monday.

State Minister Md Nurul Hoque on behalf of the minister shared the statistics in the House, while replying to a starred question from ruling party lawmaker Md Mosharraf Hossain (Bogura-4) during the question-and-answer session.

Earlier, the parliamentary session resumed at 3:00pm on Monday with Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal in the chair.

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As per the statistics, the total number of workers sent to 12 Middle East...