malaysia

They starved us and threw the dead overboard, says victim

Death, hunger and torture were all part of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Rashid’s arduous sea journey from Teknaf to Malaysia.
9 May 2015, 07:17 AM

Thai police arrest mayor over human trafficking

Thai police arrest the mayor of Padang Besar, southern border sub district, alleging he is the key player of human-trafficking ring and detention camps where graves of Rohingya muslim have been found, reports phuketwan.com.
8 May 2015, 12:31 PM

25,000 Rohingya, Bangladeshi fortune-seekers trafficked in 3 months: UNHCR

UNHCR report says some 25,000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis boarded smugglers' boats from the Bay of Bengal between January and March this year, almost double the number over the same period in 2014.
8 May 2015, 11:19 AM

Families forced to pay ransom for Bangladeshis stuck in jungle camps

Promising jobs in Malaysia,a gang of human traffickers hold about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand for ransom over the past 8 years and made millions of taka.
5 May 2015, 06:06 AM

Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

12 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Twelve fortune seekers are rescued from a remote area in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong early today while being trafficked to Malaysia.
2 May 2015, 07:53 AM

Bangladeshi migrants' mass grave in Thailand!

Bangladeshi migrant is found alive in mass grave that was discovered yesterday on a remote and rugged mountain in border district Sadao,Songkhla in Thailand.
2 May 2015, 05:48 AM

6 Bangladeshis detained in Malaysia

Malaysian Immigration Police detains foreign nationals including six Bangladeshi workers from Kedah state for overstaying and not possessing any valid document.
23 April 2015, 12:06 PM

Google Malaysia service disrupted by hackers

Internet users deny access to Google Inc's Malaysia website Tuesday, and redirect to a hacked page saying "Google Malaysia Hacked by Tiger-Mate #Bangladeshi Hacker".
14 April 2015, 14:08 PM

Govt mulls new companies for MRP: Minister

The government plans to recruit new agencies for issuing machine-readable passport for nearly 30 lakh expatriates following poor performance of Malaysian outsourcing company designated for the job.
9 April 2015, 07:46 AM

Malaysia passes controversial anti-terror bill

Malaysia passes a controversial anti-terrorism bill, which the government says is needed to tackle the threat from Islamic extremists.
7 April 2015, 05:02 AM

Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysian jailed opposition leader denied royal pardon

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is to remain in prison after his request for a royal pardon was turned down
1 April 2015, 04:58 AM

Malaysia arrests three news editors for sedition

Police have arrested three editors from a Malaysian news portal and charged them with sedition over a news report
31 March 2015, 06:47 AM

Borneo man guilty of Briton's murder

Malaysian court finds a local man guilty of murdering two British medical students in Borneo.
31 March 2015, 05:13 AM

Bangladeshi worker dies in Malaysia

Four construction workers including a Bangladeshi are killed in a lift crash at a construction site in Putrajaya city of Malaysia.
23 March 2015, 12:27 PM

52 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Law enforcers, in separate drives, have rescued 52 fortune seekers from Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar while allegedly being trafficked to Malaysia
23 March 2015, 10:19 AM

Minister warns Malaysian firm on expats’ MRP

Malaysian IRIS Corporation Berhad must enroll 5,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia every day to give them Machine Readable Passport or face actions, expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister says
19 March 2015, 11:55 AM

ACC to probe illegal investment in Malaysia

The ACC is going to take assistance from Malaysian government for a joint investigation into illegal investment by Bangladeshis in the name of second home there.
18 March 2015, 12:56 PM

Anwar Ibrahim's daughter arrested for 'sedition'

The eldest daughter of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is arrested for alleged sedition
17 March 2015, 04:34 AM

20 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Bangladesh Coast Guard rescue 20 Bangladeshi fortune seekers from Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar when they were being trafficked to Malaysia
10 March 2015, 05:33 AM