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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
Malaysia vetting 200,000 applications for Bangladeshi workers
The Malaysian human resources ministry has received 200,000 applications for Bangladeshi foreign workers, which are presently being vetted, said M Saravanan.
10 March 2022, 06:34 AM
At least 9 migrants drown in Mediterranean off Tunisia coast
At least nine African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy on Monday, while another nine were rescued by the navy, the defence ministry said.
28 February 2022, 19:31 PM
Malaysia gets over one lakh applications for migrant workers since Feb 15
The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources has received 111,807 applications from foreigners applying to work in the country since the day the facility was inaugurated on February 15 until yesterday, reports Free Malaysia Today (FMT).
21 February 2022, 10:42 AM
MoU to be signed to send workers to Libya: Ministry
Bangladesh and Libya have shown interest in signing a memorandum of understanding on sending Bangladeshi workers to the North African country.
20 February 2022, 10:55 AM
Greece signs MoU to recruit 4,000 Bangladeshi workers each year
Bangladesh and Greece today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see 4,000 Bangladeshi workers migrating to the European Union country each year in a regular and orderly manner.
9 February 2022, 15:05 PM
Recruitment in Malaysia: ‘Inform the people, be transparent’
Bangladesh and Malaysia must release details of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) they signed on December 19, 2021 to recruit Bangladeshis in Malaysia, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Transparency International Malaysia (TIM) yesterday.
8 February 2022, 18:00 PM
5 Migrant destinations: Pandemic shoots down labour export
Bangladesh’s efforts to send workers to five countries have suffered a blow as those nations adopted restrictive measures before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
4 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Most migrants on boat were Bangladeshis
Some 273 out of 287 migrants recently found on a boat in the Mediterranean have primarily been identified as Bangladeshis, according to the Bangladesh embassy in Rome.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Covid detection before trip: Migrants forced to cancel flights
Some 550 Bangladeshi expatriate workers, including 200 UAE-bound ones, are forced to cancel their flights every day at the last moment, said sources at Dhaka airport.
28 January 2022, 18:00 PM
550 expat workers cancelling flights daily at last moment after testing Covid-19 positive
Around 550 Bangladeshi expatriate workers, including 200 UAE-bound workers, are forced to cancel their flights every day at the last moment after being diagnosed with Covid-19, sources at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) said.
28 January 2022, 16:23 PM
Risk of forced labour: Malaysian MP Santiago for closer look at Bangladeshi recruiting agencies
A Malaysian lawmaker has called upon the country’s government to take a closer look and delve deeper into the 25 Bangladeshi recruiting agencies and their 10 sub-agents who have been allowed to recruit workers from Bangladesh to Malaysia.
28 January 2022, 13:43 PM
7 Bangladeshis on a migrant boat die of hypothermia
Seven Bangladeshi migrants, who were on a boat from Libya towards the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, have died of hypothermia, Italian Prosecutor Luigi Patronaggio said in a statement yesterday.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
No special quotas for expatriats
Malaysian Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin yesterday said his country will no longer give special quotas for the recruitment of foreign workers, reports The Star.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Malaysia scraps special quota for foreign worker recruitment
No more special quotas will be given for the recruitment of foreign workers in Malaysia, the country's Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said today.
22 January 2022, 10:54 AM
Malaysia recruitment: All legal agents can now send workers
All authorised recruiting agencies will get opportunities to send workers to Malaysia, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad.
20 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Why so much secrecy over Malayisa-Bangladesh MoU to recruit workers?
Malaysia’s agreement with Bangladesh on labour intake is shrouded in so much secrecy that even employers and agents do not have any access to details, reports a Free Malaysia Today opinion piece penned by K Parkaran.
17 January 2022, 12:36 PM
25 Bangladeshi recruitment agencies to send workers to Malaysia
A total of 25 Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and 250 sub-agencies are expected to be involved in the recruitment of migrant workers for Malaysia, reports news portal Malaysiakini citing sources.
10 January 2022, 12:16 PM
Regular migration to greece: Doors open next month
Migrant workers from Bangladesh may soon be able to go to Greece by legal means as the two countries are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard next month.
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Migration bounces back
Migration of Bangladeshi workers is set to increase by one and a half times of what was amid the pandemic last year, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) said yesterday.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM
'Migration of Bangladeshi expats likely increased 1.5 times in 2021'
With current trends, migration of Bangladeshi workers likely increased by one-and-a-half times this year than what was amid the pandemic last year, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit said today.
30 December 2021, 14:33 PM