Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia

‘Contact me if you face any trouble’

Asif Nazrul, adviser for law and expatriates’ welfare ministries, has given his contact information to some Bangladeshis working in Malaysia, urging them to contact him if they face any trouble.
14 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Amending MoU on Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi workers can bring a sea change

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia should be able to enjoy the fruits of their hard labour.
4 October 2024, 02:00 AM
5 June 2024, 07:35 AM

17,000 workers’ fate up in the air

Despite getting emigration clearance, around 17,000 aspirant migrant workers could not fly to Malaysia before the May 31 deadline due to alleged mismanagement in the recruitment process.
3 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Controversial recruitment system to stay 3 more years

The Malaysian government will use for another three years the Foreign Worker Centralized Management System, which is fraught with allegations of irregularities, news portal Malaysiakini reported yesterday.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Up to 4,000 Malaysia-bound workers failed to fly: BAIRA

Despite having the necessary documents, up to four thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers failed to go to Malaysia due to not getting air tickets, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies said today
1 June 2024, 07:01 AM

Last day of entry to malaysia on work visa: Hundreds flock to Dhaka airport

Several hundred Malaysia-bound migrant workers waited for hours at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid uncertainties as the deadline for workers to enter the southeast Asian country ended yesterday.
31 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Manpower syndicates beyond Dhaka-KL control

The syndicates recruiting Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are “beyond the control of the two governments”, Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim said yesterday.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Hiring begins with bribery

UN independent experts say Bangladeshi workers pay up to 8 times for migration alone due to corruption of Malaysia ministries, Bangladesh mission and syndicates
29 May 2024, 05:22 AM

Bangladeshis in Malaysia: Cops after workers, not rogue employers

Malaysian police have been prosecuting Bangladesh migrant workers instead of the employers who have confiscated the workers’ passports and failed to provide them with jobs and salaries, alleged the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).
8 April 2024, 18:00 PM

A hostel of nightmares

The dream of a better life in Malaysia has turned into a nightmare for around 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers, each of whom had taken loans of around Tk 5 lakh to reach the country.
3 April 2024, 18:00 PM

150 duped Bangladeshis stranded in KL building

For the last four months, Rafiqul Islam [a pseudonym to protect him from further consequences] has been stuck in an abandoned three-story building in Kuala Lumpur along with 149 others -- all without any work.
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Something’s rotten in Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment in Kuala Lumpur

No one should ignore the suffering of the poor migrant workers just for national revenue.
24 April 2023, 16:00 PM

Why only 25 agencies allowed to hire migrant workers for Malaysia?

Bangaldeshi migrant workers haven’t been able to go to Kuala Lumpur due to allegations of irregularities. After so many years, the possibility of immigration is opening up again, but why is the process being questioned over same allegations?
22 June 2022, 14:05 PM

Migrant worker crisis: Malaysia’s palm oil industry crumbles

Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country's economic recovery.
13 June 2022, 03:05 AM

4 Bangladeshis arrested in Malaysia for running fake work-permit agency

Four Bangladeshi men and two of their Malaysian wives were arrested in Malaysia for allegedly posing as a third party of Malaysian immigration department and getting migrant workers fake work permits in exchange of money.
10 June 2022, 07:21 AM

Let Bangladeshi workers come, demands Malaysian employment agency

Bangladeshi workers should be allowed into Malaysia to address its shortage of workers in crucial sectors, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma), in a call to Putrajaya.
7 June 2022, 02:38 AM

Syndicates in migration: Re-accessing the Malaysian labour market

Is a nexus of a few Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and a powerful segment of the human resources ministry in Malaysia trying to impose unfair and unethical conditions on the long-awaited reopening of the Malaysian labour market?
1 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshis among 51 migrants detained in Malaysia

Malaysian Immigration Police last night (May 27, 2022) detained 51 foreign nationals, including Bangladeshi migrant workers, for not possessing valid documents.
28 May 2022, 17:08 PM