Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called upon non-resident Bangladeshis living abroad and citizens at home to collaborate from their respective positions to drive national development and guarantee public welfare.
Addressing members of the Bangladeshi expatriate community at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on Wednesday evening, October 28, 2026, the Prime Minister—accompanied by his wife Dr. Zubaida Rahman—emphasized that transforming Bangladesh into a developed nation will deliver shared economic and social benefits to Bangladeshis worldwide. Responding to queries from expatriates regarding education, healthcare, and human resource exports to Japan’s labor market, PM Tarique Rahman outlined several major policy initiatives.
In education, the Prime Minister announced plans to strengthen primary foundations and introduce a third foreign language curriculum—offering Japanese, German, and French alongside English—in primary and secondary schools, targeting execution by 2027. In the healthcare sector, he revealed a 5-year masterplan to expand Upazila Health Complexes from 50 to 150 beds, equipped with local dialysis units and specialized pediatric and maternal care facilities. Furthermore, to emphasize preventive healthcare, the government plans to recruit 100,000 health workers (with an 80% female quota) to conduct door-to-door awareness campaigns on nutrition, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. He also urged Japanese-fluent expatriates to collaborate with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare to train skilled manpower back home.
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