C R Abrar

News of reprehensible activities of cross border human traffickers has begun to resurface.

The long awaited access to the Malaysian labour market has suffered a major jolt. The authorities there have declared that they would not employ workers from any country until a stock taking of the labour needs was done.

Mahfuz Anam had the forthrightness to own his editorial misjudgment and appears to be paying an undue price for it. The editor has set a rare example of what we expect of a person holding such a position. It takes immense courage to admit one's shortcomings in public, particularly in a divided polity where partisan passion rules over reason.

2015 has been an important year for the labour migration sector in Bangladesh. In contrast to preceding years, the year has seen a major boost in the outward flow of Bangladeshi workers. It was also marked by substantial increase in the flow of female workers. The decision to review the ill-conceived

The nation embraces 2016 with a degree of scepticism and anxiety. With the experiences of disenfranchisement and violations of ...

Over the last several months there have been sporadic media reports that the government was mulling the idea of relocating the

We urge the Bangladesh government to review its Rohingya refugee policy, to robustly engage with the international community to compel Mynamar to create enabling conditions for the refugees to return, to refrain from taking new measures that may further jeopardise the interests of registered Rohingya refugees.

The altered stance of Bangladesh government in denying access to the incoming Rohingyas and pushing them back to the high seas left the victims of violence from across the border with very little choice but to move on to new destinations through uncharted routes

The EC's tilt was no less pronounced on the eve of and on the day of the elections. Press reports, photographs and narratives of many involved in the election administration process have amply established its culpability in undermining fair election.

IT has been three years since the tortured body of labour organiser Aminul was discovered in Ghatail, Tangail, about 100 km away from his work place in Ashulia.

A spectre of insecurity is looming large on the citizens of the country. This feeling is particularly pronounced among the opposition political activists.