Bangladesh sent manpower to Uzbekistan today for the first-time.

The first batch of 239 Bangladeshi workers flew to the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan aboard a special aircraft of Uzbekistan Air at 10:30am from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Director of the airport, Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, told The Daily Star.

Bangladesh's Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jahangir Alam said a total of 888 workers would go to the country on three special flights in a row -- through four recruiting agencies -- in the process of exporting skilled workers from Bangladesh.

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