Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said some 20,988 foreign citizens are now working at different organizations in Bangladesh.

“Some 20,988 foreign citizens from nearly 115 countries across the world are now working at different development projects, industries, NGOs, INGos and different organizations with legal work permit”, said the minister.

The minister said this while responding to a star-marked question made by treasury bench lawmaker M Mamunur Rashid Kiron of Noakhali-3 in the question-answer session which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad here with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

Of the working foreign citizens, he said 6075 are Chinese, 5,876 are Indian, 2,468 Russian, 1,246 Sri Lankan, 924  South Korean, 557 Japanese, 416  Pakistani, 460 Pilipino, 399  Thai, 378 Belarusian, 269 Kazak, 168 Americans, 139 Korean, 123 Malaysian and 108 are Indonesian.

They are working in Bangladesh with their legal work permits and visas, the minister told the parliament.