The amount of damage in the whole country due to cyclone Remal is around Tk7,482 crore, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohibbur Rahman told the House on Sunday.

The state minister said this in Parliament while answering a tabled question from Awami League MP elected from Satkhira-4 SM Ataul Haque.

In response to the question of Another Awami League MP elected from Chattogram-1 Mahbubur Rahman, the state minister said the death toll in Remal was 20 while the number of affected people is 3,83,817.

State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury, in response to the question of AL MP Parveen Zaman from the reserved seat, said in the last 15 years from 2009 till now, 11,14,312 women workers have gone to abroad for employment.

The state minister said most of the women workers have gone to

Saudi Arabia.