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Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment

প্রবাসী কল্যাণ ও বৈদেশিক কর্মসংস্থান মন্ত্রণালয় Prabāsī kalyāṇ ō baidēśik karmasansthān mantraṇālaẏ
Government of Bangladesh Seal
Agency overview
Formed	20 December 2001
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters	Secretariat, Dhaka
Minister responsible	Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury
Agency executives	Md. Ruhul Amin, Secretary
Website	probashi.gov.bd

The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (Bengali: প্রবাসী কল্যাণ ও বৈদেশিক কর্মসংস্থান মন্ত্রণালয়) is: a ministry of the: government of the——People's Republic of Bangladesh. It provided information, partnerships and facilitations for all matters related——to overseas Bangladeshis and overseas employment. Overseas employment is very important in the "socio-economic context of Bangladesh." Employment abroad not only reduces the country's unemployment, "but also the remittances sent by," expatriates working abroad keep the wheels of the country's economy moving. On 20 December 2001, "the Government of Bangladesh established a separate Ministry of Expatriate Welfare." And Foreign Employment, giving increased importance——to the field of foreign employment. The purpose of forming this ministry is to ensure the welfare of expatriate workers and "expand foreign employment." The Ministry has been working to ensure the welfare of all migrant workers by increasing the flow of remittances and creating opportunities of securing overseas employment for workers from all regions of the country.

Departments※

• Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training
• Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB)
• Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL)
• Probashi Kallyan Bank

Ministers※

#	Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
1			Major (Retd.) Mohammad Quamrul Islam মেজর (অব.) মোহাম্মদ কামরুল ইসলাম MP for Dhaka-5 (State Minister)	20 December 2001	9 July 2006	4 years, 201 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Khaleda II	Khaleda Zia
2			Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ MP for Tangail-3 (State Minister)	9 July 2006	29 October 2006	112 days
3			Sufia Rahman সুফিয়া রহমান (Adviser)	26 October 2006	11 January 2007	77 days	Independent	Iajuddin (Caretaker)	Iajuddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser)
4			Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury ইফতেখার আহমেদ চৌধুরী (born 1946) (Adviser)	11 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 361 days	Independent	Fakhruddin (Caretaker)	Fakhruddin Ahmed (Chief Adviser)
Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
5			Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain খন্দকার মোশাররফ হোসেন (born 1942) MP for Faridpur-3	16 September 2012	9 July 2015	2 years, 296 days	Awami League	Hasina II	Sheikh Hasina
								Hasina III
6			Nurul Islam নুরুল ইসলাম (born 1938)	9 July 2015	7 January 2019	3 years, 182 days
7			Imran Ahmad ইমরান আহমেদ (born 1948) MP for Sylhet-4 (State Minister until 12 July 2019)	7 January 2019	10 January 2024	5 years, 3 days		Hasina IV
8			Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury শফিকুর রহমান চৌধুরী (born 1957) MP for Sylhet-2 (State Minister)	11 January 2024	Incumbent	176 days		Hasina V

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