Minister: Nearly 500,000 workers go abroad since present govt took office
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 15, 2 of them from Bangladesh.
496,150 workers sent overseas since February 17, including 340,533 skilled and semi-skilled workers, Ariful Haque tells Parliament Details
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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2 outlets from Bangladesh, where the story is: Dhaka Tribune, The Business Standard · how we count
- Nov 15, 11:46 AM UTCFirst reportNearly 5 lakh workers go abroad since present govt took office: Ministertbsnews.net ↗
- Nov 15, 12:13 PM UTC+27 min· you’re reading thisMinister: Nearly 500,000 workers go abroad since present govt took officedhakatribune.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 12:13 PM UTC · +27 min
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same parliamentary statement by the minister on the nearly 500,000 workers sent abroad since the government took office, and its figure of nearly 5 lakh matches Report 1's 496,150.
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