Loans for Covid-19 Returnee Migrants: Only 9cr of 200cr disbursed till now
Representational image of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. File Photo: Reuters
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Probashi Kallyan Bank has so far disbursed about Tk 9 crore from the Tk 200-crore special loan for coronavirus-affected returnee migrants reintegration, the bank s acting managing director Abnus Jahan said yesterday.
Till November 20, the disbursed amount was only about Tk 4.6 crore, he told a discussion held at the capital s Probashi Kallyan Bhaban.
Wage Earners Welfare Board (WEWB) organised the discussion, marking International Migrants Day.
The bank started disbursing the loan from September 21, after the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry announced the special scheme to support economic reintegration of the returnees.