This resulted in record highest remittance inflow and foreign exchange earned of US$10 billion[3] (net) for the fiscal year 2008–9, making migrant workers the leading contributor to Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve.

Promises for change, bringing an end to the concept of one person contesting for many terms and another 27 point election manifesto[4] was pledged by Mustafa to make BAIRA dynamic and vibrant as it should have been.

While the opposition promised BAIRA Airlines serving international flights for in and outbound workers.

The election recorded highest number of member attendance and votes cast.

Returnee workers from Singapore Shipyards have been recruited by Bangladeshi local Ship Building Companies.