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
Saudi wants 2 lakh female workers
Saudi Arabia has sought two lakh female workers from Bangladesh, says Nurul Islam, minister for expatriates' welfare and overseas employment ministry.
6 January 2016
Dhaka to discuss migration with int'l community
Bangladesh will negotiate with the international community in an upcoming conference to adopt comprehensive policies on the migration issue.
4 January 2016
KSA keen to recruit more workers from Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia expresses its willingness to recruit more male workers and trained female domestic workers from Bangladesh to meet up the demand of their domestic market.
31 December 2015
Rangpur journo killed, body dumped beside highway
A journalist of a local daily is found dead on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Rangpur city.
24 December 2015
Lone X-ray machine lies inoperative for 5 years
The only X-ray machine at Rajapur Upazila Health Complex has remained out of order for about five years, much to the suffering of patients.
9 December 2015
AG for upholding Nizami’s death penalty
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam prays to the Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation war in 1971.
7 December 2015
Man killed over land dispute
A youth was murdered allegedly by one of his cousins over a land dispute at Raita village in Kalaroa upazila on Tuesday. The deceased,
28 October 2015
Cyber café owners threaten ‘digital hartal’
Cyber café owners threaten to enforce a “digital hartal” across the country by shutting down internet services to realize their six-point demand.
19 October 2015
Thousands suffer as bridge lies without repair for 9 days
Thousands of people, including a good number of students, have to cross the Dumki Varani canal on small boats as the iron bridge
7 October 2015
4th US-Bangladesh security dialogue held
The fourth security dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States is being held in Washington.
12 September 2015
European Union unveils bold refugee plan
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled major plans yesterday to force the bloc to share 160,000 refugees and ease the burden on border states from the worst migration crisis since World War II.
9 September 2015
Cocaine detected in another barrel
Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in its laboratory test finds presence of liquid cocaine in another barrel of the imported sunflower oil consignment at Chittagong Port.
8 September 2015
To cheers, they arrive
Hundreds of migrants streamed into Germany yesterday to cheers and "welcome" signs, joining the thousands who arrived the previous day as Austria called for an emergency EU summit on the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
6 September 2015
3 female students die from Naogaon electrocution
Three female students has been electrocuted to death and thirteen others injured in a residential madrasa in Manda upazila of Naogaon this evening.
27 August 2015
Shibir leaders held, 65 crude bombs seized
Police in a drive seized 65 crude bombs, a machete, a knife and a dagger from Jamilnagar area in the district town early yesterday.
30 July 2015
BSF kills Bangladeshi on Naogaon border
Indian Border Security Force shoot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader near Sapahar border in Naogaon.
27 July 2015
Take steps against India’s river linking project: BNP
BNP expresses concerns over India's fresh move to implement the controversial river linking project and urges the government to take strong initiatives against it.
22 July 2015
Help catch the culprits!
Do you know any of the culprits who feature in the gory video of the brutal killing of 13-year-old Rajon? We need to catch and bring them to justice for their heinous crime.
13 July 2015
Lawmaker Haji Salim criticises BGB’s capability
Independent lawmaker Haji Salim raises question in the parliament over the “capability” of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as one of its member still remains in custody of Myanmar's Border Guard Police.
22 June 2015
Unskilled, trapped in foreign lands
Alauddin Mollick, son of landless poor farmer Shahadat Mollick, had to drop out from school when he was in ninth grade due to abject poverty.
15 June 2015