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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
BMET is facing a significant slump in manpower exports to Gulf countries, necessitating an urgent pivot toward diversifying labor destinations in Europe.
State Minister Nurul Haque Nur announced a target to send 1.4 million workers abroad in FY27.
The FY2026-27 national budget allocated Tk 601.65 crore to BMET and introduced the Probashi Card.
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs formed a joint committee for migrant welfare.
Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury stated that BMET trains over 1.2 million workers annually across 110 institutions.
BMET held a review meeting on the Talent Partnership project to integrate trainee data into the Overseas Employment Platform.
BMET was established in 1976 under the then-Ministry of Manpower Development and Social Welfare and is now under the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MOEWOE). Director General is Saleh Ahmed Mujaffar (also rendered 'Mojaffar' or 'Mujaffor' in English transliterations); head_since is null because the exact appointment date was not found in two independent primary sources. The 15 million (1.5 crore) cumulative stock figure is from Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury's April 5, 2026 Parliament statement cited by BSS News (bssnews.net/js-session/374859); cross-checked against MOEWOE's own ministry description which uses the same figure. Annual 2025 deployment figure of 1,132,519 is from TBS News (tbsnews.net) and The Financial Express citing official BMET statistics; 750,967 Saudi-bound from TBS News citing BMET/MOEWOE official. The Ami Probashi contract expiry date (April 20, 2025) is from TBS News investigative piece; oc.bmet.gov.bd confirmed live and listed as BUET-built. Malaysia agreement date (April 8, 2026) confirmed by four independent sources including Free Malaysia Today, The Daily Star, and BSS News. Saudi block work visa quota hold and June 2025 reinstatement confirmed by Fragomen and TBS News. annual_budget_bdt is null: BMET does not have a separately published budget line; expenditure is embedded in MOEWOE's Tk 855 crore FY2025-26 envelope. staff_count is null: no sanctioned-post figure found in primary sources; figures circulating in secondary sources lack primary document citations. BMET operates 64 Technical Training Centres (TTCs) and 6 Institutes of Marine Technology (IMTs) per bmet.gov.bd TTC listing page; a government ADP project adds upazila-level TTCs bringing projected total to 104 TTCs + 7 IMTs when complete. Verification based on 2+ primary sources for all named events, figures, and personnel.
698 workers trained under the EU-funded project were certified for deployment to Europe.
Source: 28 primary source linksAs of 2026-07-05