Porimol Palma

The criteria Malaysia has set for selecting Bangladeshi recruiting agencies for a fresh round of labour intake have stirred concern among experts, industry insiders, and government officials, who fear the conditions could concentrate power in the hands of a few large agencies.

Like many others, Sufian Khan borrowed a large sum of money, hoping to go to Malaysia to change his fortune.

In an interview with The Daily Star, German vice minister says Rohingya issue demands more global attention

Parvez Karim Abbasi, assistant professor of Economics at East West University, tells The Daily Star

The Rohingya crisis was sidelined in the ASEAN Summit in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on October 26-28, despite it being a regional humanitarian challenge affecting Bangladesh the most.

Political analyst Altaf Parvez unpacks the roots of conflict, ideological spillovers, and India’s strategic return

Bangladesh and Italy are working on a new mechanism under which the European country will hire one Bangladeshi worker for every irregular migrant repatriated from Italy.

Baroness Rosie Winterton tells The Daily Star in an exclusive interview

An international human rights activist has reminded Bangladesh authorities of the international standards as the country goes through an accountability process in the aftermath of the July uprising.

Excessive recruitment fees, low salaries, and permit costs trap Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia

BNP leader Humayun Kabir shares his views with The Daily Star

The high-level conference on the Rohingya at the UN in New York has been able to draw global attention anew on the crisis that was losing focus amid other global crises, but the level of political commitment required for a lasting solution still remains a big question.

Bangladesh will seek political commitment from the international community for Rohingya repatriation, funding, and accountability for the Rohingya genocide at the high-level conference on the Rohingyas in New York today.

Parvez Karim Abbasi discusses Bangladesh’s geopolitical balancing act

Indian international affairs expert Sreeradha Datta tells The Daily Star

In conversation with researcher Altaf Parvez

In an interview with The Daily Star, exiled Myanmar reporters discuss Rohingya plights

Transparency in party and campaign funding must be ensured so that political power cannot be used for profit or abuse, Transparency International chair François Valérian has said.

Bangladesh-Pakistan relations began to thaw after the 2024 uprising. Over the past year, three ministerial visits to Dhaka, a foreign secretary-level meeting, and two meetings between top leaders Prof Muhammad Yunus and Shehbaz Sharif have marked a significant shift from the last 15 years.

Since the repatriation deal was signed with Myanmar in November 2017, Bangladesh tried but failed to send Rohingyas back.