Brokers feast on passport-seekers
Kabir Mia yesterday went to the Agargaon passport office to get his MRP but he instead ended up being detained for forgery and handed over to the Rapid Action Battalion.
20 March 2017, 18:00 PM
[WATCH] 2 held for using false info in passport application
Officials at Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) detain a person and a suspected broker for allegedly using false information in passport application.
20 March 2017, 15:33 PM
Gone broke for broker
Hashem Rahman made a Tk 3.5 lakh contract with a local broker in Comilla to get a restaurant job in Oman in 2015. His poor family
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
The plight of Aleya
Aleya Begum was happy to get a job as a domestic help at a police official's house in Saudi Arabia.
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Impunity a licence for crimes
People of Bangladesh will decide how long the ongoing trial of the perpetrators of 1971 crimes will continue, observed visiting Canadian lawyer William Sloan.
20 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Maksuda loses battle for life
Maksuda Begum, a divorcee for almost 20 years, had struggled to survive by fighting against her fate.
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rising deaths abroad raising concerns
Five years back, Nazrul Islam from Munshiganj took a Tk 5-lakh loan from a local bank and ventured out to Malaysia where many Bangladeshis have tried their luck over the years.
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Exploited by employers
Malaysian employers are paying undocumented Bangladeshi workers wages much lower than the average, taking advantage of lack of legal protection for migrant workers, says a Malaysian migrant rights activist.
9 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Safe workplaces not being ensured: Study
Construction companies operating in the Gulf region especially in the UAE and Qatar are failing to protect migrant workers from hazardous working environment, hinting at an alarming signal on the workers' safeguards in workplaces, said a survey report of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
A year gone yet wait not over
Around 50,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia are anxiously waiting for their machine readable passports (MRP) even after paying the fees over a year ago.
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Stranded in Afghanistan: Repatriation of 25 workers uncertain
The return of 25 Bangladeshi workers, who have been stranded at a factory in Afghanistan for over eight months without work and
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Hajj uncertain for 15,000 pilgrims
The fate of around 15,000 Hajj pilgrims of 143 private hajj agencies is hanging in the balance as the agencies are yet to arrange their
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The untold miseries of 25 Bangladeshis in Afghanistan
Foreign remittance is definitely contributing to the country's rising development in many areas. Today, every year around eight million Bangladeshis across the globe are remitting about USD 15 billion, which has gradually been boosting the country's economy.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Longest, futile trip to US
Four Bangladeshi men left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a flight for Qatar in July, 2014. But Qatar was not their
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Female victims slam minister for labelling some complaints false
Victims and their families have denounced Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam's claim last
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM
First flight of Hajj pilgrims tomorrow
The first flight for Hajj pilgrims this year will commence on August 4, Thursday, from Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Heartbreaking reunion
His plan was to surprise his family with a sudden visit from Qatar to celebrate Eid together.
2 July 2016, 18:00 PM
2 lakh Bangladeshi workers register in Malaysia
More than two lakh undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers have registered their names with the Malaysian
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Brokers active always
The atmosphere of the passport office in the capital's Agargaon was refreshingly different on the day of April 24, when Prime
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Medicare costly for doctors' syndicate
A “syndicate” of some pro-Awami League Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (Swachip) doctors and medical representatives at an eye hospital in the capital is allegedly making patients pay extra for contact lenses.
25 June 2016, 18:00 PM