Porimol Palma

Irregularities in the overseas jobs sector are making migrant workers go undocumented and are even contributing to the closing of labour markets, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Sunday.

Bangladesh continues to witness decline in overseas jobs over the last two years amid unabated malpractices in recruitment process, falling demand in the Gulf countries and an absence of effective steps to explore new markets.

Following failure to sign agreements on the Teesta and Feni rivers, Dhaka and Delhi are now stepping towards a new deal on six small rivers and optimum use of the Ganges water treaty.

The Rohingya crisis, water-sharing of 54 common rivers and the National Register of Citizens of India will feature prominently in talks during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day visit to Delhi starting tomorrow.

Only local vessels or vehicles would be used for transporting Indian goods through Bangladesh, according to the draft standard operation procedure for India using Bangladeshi ports.

Mohammad Enamul had gone to South Africa 16 years back. After one year of hard work, he started a grocery shop with his savings and additional capital from home in Comilla.

Mobs vandalised and looted several hundred shops of expatriates, including Bangladeshis, in South Africa in waves of anti-immigrant violence from Monday to Wednesday.

Justice remains elusive for Rohingyas even after two years due to a lack of strong support from major world powers, like the US, China, and Russia, said legal and international experts.

Myanmar, which stands accused of Rohingya genocide, has done little to create conditions that would encourage the refugees to return to their homeland, analysts say.

The failure of the second attempt to begin repatriating the Rohingyas has once again exposed Myanmar’s lack of sincerity, experts said. Rohingyas say Myanmar has not taken into consideration any of their core demands -- guarantee of citizenship, recognition as an

The second attempt to start repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar today may turn out to be futile, as hardly any refugees seem to be willing to go back.

The much-awaited Rohingya repatriation is set to begin on Thursday, around 10 months after the first attempt failed as the refugees didn’t choose to go back.

The extradition of six fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sees little progress even a decade after trial proceedings of the assassination case were completed.

Scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy by the BJP-led government may fuel conflicts in India and beyond, international relations and security experts have observed.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad wants police not to record cases under the anti-trafficking act if workers sent abroad with proper documents come up with complaints against recruiting agents.

From now on, undocumented expatriate workers in Malaysia will be able to seek justice for any sort of exploitation by their employers or agents.

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to Tokyo from December this year. Biman suspended its Dhaka-Tokyo route in 2006, deeming it not commercially viable. Now, given the increased business ties and tourist movement between the two countries, Biman

There was silence all around, except for some dogs mildly barking, in the middle of the night. Some ambulances were parked just outside the airport’s cargo area as five to six people sat on chairs under neon lights nearby. They were waiting for the corpses of their family members returning from abroad.

Jhorna Islam had never thought of becoming an entrepreneur. However, when her husband, the sole earner of the four-member family, suffered from heart disease 10 years ago, her small embroidery work at home was not enough to cover the family bills.

Bangladesh wants a stronger role of Malaysia, an influential member of the Asean, in addressing the Rohingya crisis as visiting Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah holds a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart in Dhaka today.