Bangladeshi expatriate
'Toofan' breaks new ground in Sydney theatres
Raihan Rafi's latest film, “Toofan”, starring Dhallywood’s megastar Shakib Khan, has been creating a buzz in Sydney, Australia. From the first day onward, every showing of the movie played to a full house.
5 July 2024, 05:39 AM
Bangladeshi shot dead in South Africa
A Bangladeshi migrant was shot dead at his business establishment at Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa on August 5, 2022.
7 August 2022, 19:27 PM
'It was the community which made history'
In June 2018, at the age of 29, Doly Begum became the first member of the Bangladeshi expatriate community in Canada to be elected
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM
A new overseas labour market
The Japanese government has pushed through legislation on December 8 that has opened up the labour market for up to 345,000 foreign workers in various sectors.
9 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi hacked to death in Italy
Some unidentified muggers hacked a Bangladeshi expatriate to death and injured two others in Italy's Milan on Friday.
28 April 2018, 18:00 PM
2 Bangladeshis killed in Malaysia landslide
Two Bangladeshi workers are buried alive when a landslide hit their living quarters in Malaysia’s Hulu Langat.
22 April 2017, 17:02 PM
Malaysia recruitment freeze won’t affect deal with Bangladesh
The decision to halt recruitment of new foreign workers will not affect validity of MoU to take 1.5m Bangladeshi workers. Deal is valid for 5 years, says Malaysia minister.
17 March 2016, 11:25 AM
Kidnapped Bangladeshi rescued in Malaysia, 4 held
Malaysian police rescue a Bangladeshi expatriate over a week after he is kidnapped by miscreants. Four people are detained in this connection.
30 January 2016, 07:12 AM
2 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi road crash
Two Bangladeshis have been killed and two others injured in a road accident at Wadi Al Dawasi in Saudi Arabia early Monday.
26 January 2016, 12:30 PM
Bangladeshi murdered in South Africa
A Bangladeshi expatriate from Noakhali was allegedly murdered in South Africa last Friday, family has claimed.
30 July 2015, 09:36 AM
Rajon murder accused held in Jeddah
Saudi police detain one Bangladeshi expatriate in connection with the sensational killing of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon.
13 July 2015, 15:10 PM
The future of remittance flows
While waiting for my connecting flight to Dhaka at Dubai's airport lounge, I came across throngs of fellow Bangladeshi nationals waiting to fly back home.
7 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Foreign trips galore
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia are three of the largest destinations for Bangladeshi expatriate workers.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi shot in Libya gunfight
A Bangladeshi national suffers bullet injuries during a gunfight between two local factions in Libya's Benghazi.
2 May 2015, 13:04 PM
3 Bangladeshis taken to Djibouti from Yemen
Three Bangladeshi expatriates who were stranded in war-torn Yemen reach Djibouti from Aden yesterday by an Indian ship, a foreign ministry official says.
5 April 2015, 13:29 PM
Hotlines for Yemen expats’ relatives
The foreign affairs here has asked the relatives of Bangladesh nationals, got stuck in war-torn Yemen, to stay in touch by its two hotlines as the government has started their repatriation process.
3 April 2015, 14:32 PM
Govt in dark about Bangladeshi abductees in Libya
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says he does not know anything about the two Bangladeshi nationals who have allegedly been abducted in Libya by a militant group linked to the ISIS
19 March 2015, 12:59 PM