Among the CIPs, Kallal Ahmed, Md Abdul Karim and Md Mahmudur Rahman Khan received a crest each under the three categories respectively from the chief adviser.

Prof Yunus distributed cheques of insurance benefits, medical assistance, financial aid, compensation and scholarships for meritorious children of expatriate workers at the event. 

Raju Ahmed, an expatriate in Croatia, and Shahnara Akter Shanu, a returnee expatriate from Saudi Arabia, shared their experiences at the function.

At the outset of the event, a documentary was screened highlighting the role of the expatriate Bangladeshis in the 2024 July Uprising and boosting the country’s economy. It also manifested the government’s efforts to ensure welfare for them.

At the event, professor Asif Nazrul handed over a Task Force report on reforms and strategic realignment of the ministry to the chief adviser.

Reflecting the government efforts to ensure welfare for the expatriate Bangladeshis, professor Yunus said, after assuming the office, his government took steps to release Bangladeshi migrants, who were jailed abroad for staging demonstrations expressing solidarity with the July Uprising in their homeland.

“We appealed (to those countries), saying they were not criminals. They violated laws emotionally, not maliciously,” he said.