Some 120 more Bangladeshi migrant workers have returned home from Saudi Arabia in the face of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.

About 160 Bangladeshi workers, sent back home from Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown on undocumented workers, say they had been forced to return despite having valid documents.

Some 175 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown on undocumented workers there.

The 64 Bangladeshi migrants stranded on Mediterranean Sea agreed to return home, Chiranjib Sarker, director general (DG) of the consular wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.

Bangladesh and Malaysia will hold an official-level meeting in Putrajaya today and tomorrow on opening up the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis as well as legalising undocumented migrants in the Southeast Asian country.

Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, who used to work at a copper factory owned by Inshaf Ibrahim involved in the Shangri-La hotel bombing in Colombo on April 21, have been sent back by Sri Lanka.

Nasiruddin had a dream to change the fate of his family by working hard and earning a good wage in the oil-rich Saudi Arabia. It, however, tragically turned into a nightmare just in a month as he had to face detention and deportation.

Angry Bangladeshi workers vandalised the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait and beat up a senior diplomat and several other employees demanding salary arrears and work permit from their local employers on Thursday.

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been found dead in Malaysia. Their bodies are recovered from Jalan Pudu and Gombak areas in Kuala Lumpur.

Unpaid since May, about 300 Bangladeshi migrant workers are struggling in a Qatar labour camp that has no running water and power and many of them have become sick.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said his government will not allow any corruption in the process of hiring foreign workers into that country.

At least five of the nine people killed in Friday's landslide in Penang are Bangladeshis, Malaysia's state news agency Bernama reported yesterday.

Malaysian immigration department barred the entry of 63 Bangladeshi workers and deported them on Saturday, two days after their arrival in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, though all of them had valid travel documents.

Four Bangladeshi migrants were killed and 30 others injured in a building collapse after a gas cylinder exploded in Bahrain on Tuesday night.

Tens of thousands of foreign workers in Malaysia have been living in fear and uncertainty since the government began a massive crackdown on undocumented foreign workers on July 1 following the end of a over two-year rehiring programme

Some 270 Bangladeshi workers have allegedly been defrauded of over 1.8 million Malaysian ringgits (Tk 3.6 crore) by an agent over securing valid work permits under the Malaysian rehiring programme.

The High Court today sought a report from the government about the details on how many Bangladeshi workers have been sexually harassed in foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, so far.

An organised trafficking syndicate, led by a Bangladeshi businessman with alleged political connections with the Malaysian home ministry, raked in at least two billion Malaysian ringgits in just two years from Bangladeshi workers looking to secure jobs in the southeast Asian country, Malaysian newspaper The Star reported yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes that Singapore will continue providing a decent work atmosphere for Bangladeshi workers as the country continues to be a favourite destination for them.

Kuwait imposes a ban on recruiting Bangladeshis to work in the northern Arabian Gulf state.