Tk 30,000cr lost to illegal migrations in 2022 alone
19 October 2025, 18:14 PM
Business Plus / Between dreams and debt
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
29 Bangladeshis deported from 3 EU countries
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh still locked out of key labour markets
21 September 2025, 18:10 PM
‘No agreement signed to enable 10,000 Bangladeshi students to work in Malaysia’
25 August 2025, 12:19 PM
Two Bangladeshis charged with terrorism-related offences in Malaysia
15 August 2025, 14:03 PM
News Analysis / CA’s Malaysia tour boosts Dhaka-KL ties
14 August 2025, 19:00 PM
Migration rights groups alarmed over possible clearing of Malaysia recruitment syndicate suspects
12 August 2025, 16:18 PM
Yunus hails expat Bangladeshis’ role in driving economic recovery
12 August 2025, 14:22 PM
Bangladesh, Italy working to expedite process of pending work visa applications
11 August 2025, 14:45 PM
Bangladeshi Workers in Malaysia: Pandemic puts them in trouble
Abdul Kader Parash lost his income three months ago due to sheer lack of clients at the motor garage he worked for in Kuala Lumpur.
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshis in KSA: 3,437 died in two years
At least 3,437 Bangladeshis died in different parts of Saudi Arabia, where the Bangladesh consulate general in Jeddah has its jurisdictionbetween July 2019 and June 2021.
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Form platform to address wage theft
Speakers at an online dialogue yesterday said a separate platform should be established by the government so that migrant workers can complain about wage theft that they face in the host countries.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Safe migration an urgent need
The government and other stakeholders, including civil society groups, need to focus their efforts on advancing rights-based approaches to prevent exploitation of individuals by trafficking networks, participants said at a webinar yesterday.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Tk 427cr rehabilitation project approved for 5 lakh returnee migrant workers
According to a government estimate, around five lakh migrant workers lost their jobs and returned to the country in more than a year due to the effects of Covid-19.
28 July 2021, 09:30 AM
Expat Returnees: Cash assistance, counsel for them
The government is going to give Tk 13,500 and career counselling to 200,000 migrant workers who returned home amid the pandemic.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Looking for way back
Mustakim Alam quit his job and came home from Kuwait amid the Covid-19 pandemic in May last year after living there for over seven years, working at a printing press.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Bid to Cross The Med: 17 Bangladeshi migrants drown off Tunisia
At least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
23 July 2021, 18:00 PM
17 Bangladeshis drown off Tunisia in shipwreck: Red Crescent
At least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
22 July 2021, 03:02 AM
1,160 Gulf Returnees: They lost Tk 1.8 lakh each in wage, perks amid Covid
At least 1,160 Bangladeshi returnee migrants each incurred an average loss of about $2,119, or Tk 1.8 lakh, in wages and other entitlements in six Gulf countries amid the pandemic, according to a new survey report.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Ami Probashi App Registration - Protect data of migrant workers: speakers
Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants yesterday urged the government to protect data provided by migrant workers when registering for “Ami Probashi” app, which is a prerequisite for Covid-19 vaccine registration.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Illegal Migration: 2 Bangladeshis among 12 dead in Turkey bus crash
A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early yesterday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
IOM helped 1,473 migrants come home last year
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has supported 1,473 Bangladeshi migrants in returning home voluntarily last year, the UN migration agency has said.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
HC inquires about vaccinating Bangladeshi students going abroad
The High Court asked the attorney general's office to talk to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and inquire about vaccinating Bangladeshi students, on a priority basis, who will go abroad to study.
4 July 2021, 09:43 AM
4 ‘injured’ in clash between Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia
At least four Bangladeshi migrant workers were allegedly injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh on Saturday evening local time.
22 March 2021, 13:09 PM
Malaysia to launch multi-lingual app for workers to expose errant employers
The Malaysian Human Resource Ministry will introduce a new application that will enable a two-way communication between the government and local and foreign workers, Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan has said.
26 December 2020, 16:16 PM
Forcing migrant workers to wear wristbands is discriminatory and criminalises them: Malaysian NGO
Making it compulsory for all migrant workers to wear wristbands would be a discriminatory move, says Tenaganita, a non-governmental organisation in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
19 November 2020, 10:21 AM
A MIGRANT'S VOYAGE
Md Helal Uddin, a 29-year-old young man from Bangladesh, has been languishing in the prisons of Papua New Guinea (PNG) for almost a month.
11 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Going up the Americas
That Bangladeshis migrate to far-flung parts of the world is nothing new—undertaking long, dangerous, and expensive journeys to reach countries in Europe, East Asia, Africa, and even the Americas.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The struggle to return home
In the last three years, more than 2000 Bengalis in Pakistan's Karachi have applied for Travel Permits (TP) to return to Bangladesh. A TP is equivalent to a one-time passport, which the Bangladesh Embassy provides to individuals it believes belong to Bangladesh.
5 July 2018, 18:00 PM