Blinded, broken, Sohag returns home in a coffin
5 October 2026
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Migrant Rights & Welfare
Rights groups seek binding labour deal before Malaysia resumes hiring from Bangladesh
5 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Zero-cost Malaysia jobs for 10,000 workers
5 October 2026
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Work and Migration
SC restores govt decision to cancel licences of 49 recruiting agencies
4 October 2026
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Work and Migration
2 passengers arriving from Qatar found with dual active passports at Dhaka airport
2 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Govt shuts unauthorised medical centre testing Malaysia-bound workers
2 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Bangladesh wants to send 1 crore workers abroad in 5 years. Is its skills system ready?
28 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Debt, torture and the dangerous road to Europe
26 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Malaysia-bound workers await recruitment clarity
22 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Malaysia-bound workers keep asking when they can leave. Recruiters have no answer yet
21 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Barely able to speak Bangla, Farid found his family through memories of home
After decades away, a few childhood details were enough for aid workers to trace his family in Cox’s Bazar
19 August 2026
174 Bangladeshis return home from Libyan detention centre
They had attempted to reach Europe through irregular routes and were repatriated from Benghazi with IOM assistance
18 August 2026
Bangladesh among top 5 sources of UK asylum claims, but few approved: High commissioner
Sarah Cook says rejected applicants are being returned to Bangladesh as the UK has taken a tougher stance on asylum
9 August 2026
Overseas jobs fall to five-year low amid Middle East uncertainty
According to BMET, more than 9.69 lakh people left Bangladesh for overseas jobs during the last fiscal year, down 5 percent from a year earlier
5 August 2026
Saudi eases residential permit renewal rules for foreign workers
New policy allows foreign workers to renew permits under new employer if sponsor defaults
4 August 2026
HC orders passport applications of expat Bangladeshis cleared within 60 days
Foreign ministry told to instruct missions abroad to promptly forward new passport and renewal applications
2 August 2026
US deports 23 more Bangladeshis amid immigration crackdown
Returnees reportedly travelled through South and Central America, often by bus and on foot
30 July 2026
How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia's scam compounds
Hundreds of Bangladeshis have been rescued from Cambodia's infamous scam centres in recent weeks.
16 July 2026
Bangladeshi extradited from Brazil to US over migrant smuggling charges
Two alleged accomplices previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced in the US
15 July 2026
In search of work, caught in war
30 Bangladeshis went to Russia on work visas; 4 dead, 2 missing after alleged war deployment
12 July 2026
12 Bangladeshis killed in Middle East war: Expatriates' welfare minister
4 Bangladeshis who travelled to Russia for work have died; efforts underway to bring others home, he says
9 July 2026
Record $35.5 billion remittance came in FY26
Overall remittance inflows grew 17.30 percent year-on-year in FY26
1 July 2026
7 Malaysian MPs raise monopoly concerns over Turap recruitment platform
Lawmakers demand transparency as Malaysia considers a new digital system for recruiting foreign workers
29 June 2026
The hidden tax on Bangladesh's diaspora
Why Bangladesh punches below its weight in remittance
29 June 2026
‘Take steps to bring back our loved ones’
Family members of 27 fishermen, who were imprisoned by Myanmar authorities after allegedly entering Myanmar’s territorial waters in December last year and March this year, gathered at Shahbagh Intersection in Dhaka yesterday, demanding that the government secure their relatives’ return.
22 June 2026
Ahead of Malaysia trip, PM urged to end recruitment syndicate system
Migrant Welfare Network writes to Tarique Rahman, calls for bilateral labour agreement and regularisation of undocumented workers
17 June 2026
She left Bangladesh with hope; returned pregnant and broken
A woman's journey to Saudi Arabia, arranged through a broker, spiralled into alleged trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and imprisonment
4 June 2026
Italy-bound fortune seekers: Scarred, they return to debt and isolation
Concrete houses with bright colours are dotted across several villages in Shariatpur, standing as proof of the hard-earned economic success of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy.
2 June 2026
Remittance crosses $3 billion mark for sixth consecutive month
Bangladesh received $3.42 billion in remittances in May this year as migrant workers and Bangladeshis living abroad sent more money home to help their families celebrate Eid-ul-Azha.
1 June 2026
Qatar seeks more skilled Bangladeshi workers for development projects
The Gulf nation is interested in recruiting electricians, plumbers, AC technicians and welders from five designated centres
18 May 2026