Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr  Asif Nazrul -File Photo

DHAKA, Nov 18, 2025 (BSS) - Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Adviser Dr 
Asif Nazrul has said all the services of Bureau of Manpower Employment and 
Training (BMET) have been digitalised through the launch of "Overseas 
Employment Platform".

"With the launch of the "Overseas Employment Platform" on April 1, 2025, all 
the services of BMET have now become completely digital. The 64 district 
employment offices, 110 TTCs and more than 2,200 recruiting agencies have 
been connected to this platform," he wrote in a post shared in his verified 
Facebook account today.

He said, in this system which is connected to 185 missions around the world, 
all the activities like registration of workers, verification of 
requisitions, approval, training and immigration clearance are now 
accomplished in one place.
 
The adviser said the system has stopped informal transactions of about Taka 
100 crore annually, while transparency and accountability have been ensured 
in the entire process.

As a result of this digital transformation, he said, the cost of fees for 
overseas workers is being saved by at least Taka 1,000 while migrants can 
track the status of their applications online, the processing time of 
recruiting agencies has been reduced by half, and the government is able to 
take quick decisions based on real-time data.

In addition, the launch of smart card and barcode-based online immigration 
clearance is being done within a few hours, free of charge and without cash 
transactions, Dr Asif Nazrul said. 

In fact, he wrote, bribery, brokering and irregularities have stopped.