The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday informed the government of the progress of visa issuance for Bangladeshis to the gulf nation, following sustained diplomatic engagement between the two countries.

Migrants sent home $2.6 billion in the first 29 days of April

The number of Bangladeshis crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy doubled in the first two months this year compared to the same period last year.

Remittance inflow posted a 65% year-on-year jump

The Bangladesh mission thanked law enforcers in Misrata for the quick and effective move

The inflow was 82.46 percent higher than the same period last year, according to industry insiders. 

Remittance inflows surged by around 78 percent year-on-year in the first 19 days of March as migrant workers sent more money home to relatives ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious occasion in the country.

They will arrive in Dhaka on a Thai Airways flight, said a press release

Victims of the ongoing Italy visa crisis have sought the intervention of Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, to resolve the crisis.

The migration of Bangladeshi workers abroad for jobs declined by 36 percent last month compared to the previous month, with a sharp fall in migration to top destination Saudi Arabia, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).

Migration to Saudi Arabia falls from 76,618 in January to 44,258 in February

The first flight is scheduled for March 12 from Tripoli

Migrants sent home $2.52 billion in February

Labour sending by Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (Boesl) remained limited mainly to two countries although it has explored more than 20 countries in past 14 years

More than 700 female workers migrated as skilled professionals last year

My flight back to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur is usually not that eventful. I go to the airport, check my luggage in, go through the immigration process and then when it’s time board a plane along with many other families heading home. .However, this time it was quite different. As I boarded t

As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.

Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.

Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025

Behind this staggering number lies a grim reality: young lives extinguished far too soon, leaving behind grieving families and communities