Prof Tasneem Siddiqui of political science department of DU, presented the keynote paper on the overall migration scenario in Bangladesh and the contribution of remittance to the economy of Bangladesh.

Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonno Foundation, attended the workshop as special guest.

The programme was presided over by Prof C R Abrar of international relations department of DU.

The workshop highlighted the remittance experiences of the migrants through banks at both sending and receiving ends.

A number of researches, conducted by RMMRU and presented in the workshop, stressed upon the problems that have constrained the remittances transaction.

Md Abdul Mannan, deputy executive president and head of International Banking Wing of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, suggested measures in reducing these problems.

He strongly recommended on appointing bank representatives at the sending countries and to provide more customer-friendly services to the remittance receiving families.

Andrew Hook, from the Remittance Payments Partnership (RPP) of Bangladesh Bank, discussed the services provided by different exchange houses and other agencies.

He also spoke about other methods that will have impact on future remittances flow such as Instant Cash, Door-to-door Services, Mobile to-Mobile Services, etc.

The participants of the workshop included bank officials from Dhaka, Tangail, Comilla and Chittagong.

Md Nazir Hossain, principal officer of Training Institute of Janata Bank, A K M Mosharraf Hossain, AGM of the International Department of Bangladesh Krishi Bank, and Md Nazrul Islam, AGM of F/C Management Division of Agrani Bank were among the other resource persons to conduct the training sessions.