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Statistics sometime do not represent reality. In connection with the
migrant issue, one Minister of Bangladesh was reported to have exclaimed: There
is no immigrant from Bangladesh to India. Bangladesh's economy was better than
that of India; why should Bangladeshis migrate to India? I raised this
point in a letter to Assam net but I had no response. However later I found the
required information which confirmed the Minister's boast, that is Bangladesh's
GDP is higher than that of India. A Bengali weekly published in UK reported that
the sum of all British aid received by Bangladesh was less than the sum of
export taxes paid by the traders to Britain. It is a fact that in view
of the excellent trade between Bangladesh and UK, one Bangladeshi
Briton was appointed the Vice-Chairman of the prestigious
Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
In any case I do not think the Saudis are as poor as the people of
Bangladesh.They have invested heavily in foreign countries and the expatriate
community does live here with every sign of wealth..
There are possibly a million or more Bangladeshsi
people abroad whose regular remittances home are
substantial. This definitely boosts their economy.
Bhuban
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