Govt won’t take responsibility for Bangladeshi expats who break host-country laws: minister
6 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Bangladesh awaits BOESL inclusion in Malaysia recruitment system: Minister
6 October 2026
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Work and Migration
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 detains 250 Bangladeshi migrant workers
Immigration officers in Malaysia rounded up 252 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers during a raid today, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today, an online news portal
5 August 2023
Japan emerges as lucrative labour market
With numerous job opportunities and the scope to earn a decent living, Japan has emerged as a lucrative labour market for skilled Bangladeshi migrant workers.
4 July 2023
Migrant workers sent home $21.61 billion in FY23
Migrant workers sent $21.61 billion to Bangladesh in the just-concluded fiscal year as remittance rebounded on the back of higher flow on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and a record outflow of labourers, official figures showed yesterday
2 July 2023
In a first, UK hires seasonal farm workers from Bangladesh
Bangladesh for the first time has sent seasonal farm workers to the UK under its Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
27 June 2023
Address social cost of migration on left-behind family members
Speakers at a dissemination workshop today said the social cost borne by elderly parents of migrant workers is an under-addressed area in the country’s labour migration discourse, stressing adequate government measures to this end
25 June 2023
Forex reserves cross $30 billion
Thanks to higher inflow of remittances for Eid-ul-Azha
21 June 2023
Italy to take skilled workers from Bangladesh
Italy has agreed to take skilled workers from Bangladesh under a bilateral migration and mobility arrangement, particularly for Italian construction, shipbuilding and hospitality sectors.
7 June 2023
Workers in Maldives: 47pc don’t get promised wages
Around 47 percent Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Maldives do not receive the wages promised to them, according to a recent study.
7 June 2023
Only 53% Bangladeshi workers in Maldives receive promised wage: Study
Only 53 percent of the Bangladeshi migrant workers in Maldives receive promised wage and their average monthly income is Tk 35,147..The information was revealed in a new study by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).
7 June 2023
Govt mulling increasing incentive on remittance: Mannan
The government is contemplating increasing the incentive on remittance, said Planning Minister MA Mannan today
6 June 2023
Expatriates’ minister discusses migrant workers' issues in Malaysia
Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday held discussions with Malaysian officials for sending more migrant workers, stressing upon safe and orderly migration
2 June 2023
1.49 crore Bangladeshi expats work in 176 countries
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech revealed that more than 1.49 crore Bangladeshi workers are working in 176 countries across the world
1 June 2023
Bangladeshi Workers: Two Malaysian high officials transferred over migrants’ plight
The Malaysian human resources ministry transferred two of its top officials in connection with the recent recruitment of Bangladeshi and Nepalese workers
19 May 2023
Exploitative practices led to halt in hiring of Bangladeshis
Some of Malaysia’s largest palm oil producers are not hiring workers from Bangladesh because of concerns over exploitative practices during recruitment, companies and labour consultants say
12 May 2023
In Malaysia, migrants say they are in limbo after promised jobs fall through
Stranded without work for months, hundreds of South Asian migrants in Malaysia say they are losing hope after failing to find jobs promised to them by recruitment agents in exchange for thousands of dollars in fees..At a students' dormitory about 40 km (25 miles) from the capital, Kuala Lu
11 May 2023
Bangladeshis among 113 migrants rescued in Mexico
Authorities in northwest Mexico rescued 113 kidnapped migrants of different nationalities, including Bangladeshis, from a building along the border with the United States, the state prosecutor's office said.
7 May 2023
Remittance declines 16.27% in April
Migrant workers sent home $1.68 billion in October
2 May 2023
Banks hike dollar prices for remitters, exporters
Bankers today decided to pay a total of Tk 110.70 to migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis for a US dollar from this week in order to encourage them to send foreign currency through formal channels, according to a meeting.
30 April 2023
Tunisia retrieves 41 drowned migrants as death toll soars
Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said yesterday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country's coast to 210 in 10 days
28 April 2023
Recruitment to Malaysia: Still marred by irregularities
Recruitment of new Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia has been tainted by a number of irregularities, with a few dozen workers falling into trouble, which includes joblessness.
19 April 2023