Persons belonging to ethnic minority communities in Bangladesh will be getting employment opportunities as “seasonal” workers in South Korea’s agriculture and fisheries sectors.

The first batch of 53 workers reached Malaysia this morning (August 9, 2022) as the nation’s labour market resumed recruiting Bangladeshi workers after more than three years of suspension.

A total of 53 workers left for Malaysia last night (August 8, 2022) as the nation's labour market was opened to Bangladesh since it ceased accepting workers in 2019.

Allowing selected number of recruiting agencies to send migrant workers to Malaysia is not “fair and ethical”, Jatiya Party Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu said yesterday.

Bangaldeshi migrant workers haven’t been able to go to Kuala Lumpur due to allegations of irregularities. After so many years, the possibility of immigration is opening up again, but why is the process being questioned over same allegations?

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today (May 15, 2022) called upon the Jordan government to consider recruiting skilled male migrant workers alongside females from Bangladesh in the Middle Eastern country’s garment sector.

Female migrant workers should be provided with sufficient skills training, including learning the host country’s language for their empowerment and safety in receiving countries, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.

Both Bangladesh and Malaysia governments should avert repeating past occurrences, including “syndication”, that led to the closure of the

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said he has been waiting for Malaysia’s response to initiate talks over sending Bangladeshi migrant workers to the country.

An Australian company has signed a deal to recruit IT professionals from Bangladesh.

Recruiting agencies of both Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday said they don’t want “syndication” in the process of sending Bangladeshi migrant workers to Southeast Asian countries.

At least 98 more Bangladeshi workers are leaving for South Korea tonight via chartered flights operated by a Korean air company.

A debate over syndication in labour recruitment in Malaysia is swirling around, especially after Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur signed a memorandum of understanding in this regard on December 19.

Bangladeshis will continue to have the opportunity of applying for employment in Italy through the legal process as seasonal and non-seasonal workers in various sectors.

The service charge taken by recruiting agencies in Bangladesh to send workers to Malaysia should not exceed Tk 10,000, said Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Shahidul Alam yesterday.

After a gap of over three years, Malaysia will reopen its job market for Bangladeshis by this year-end, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed said yesterday.  

The government will build a dedicated centre to provide support to both outbound and home-bound migrant workers, said Expatriates’ Welfare Ministry Secretary Ahmed Munirus Saleheen yesterday.

The government has taken initiative to build a “support centre” for migrant workers, said expatriates’ welfare minister Imran Ahmad at a programme yesterday.

Romania has decided to recruit around 40,000 foreign workers,  paving the way for Bangladesh to send more workers to the country.

The European Union has made “skilled migration” known as the “EU Blue Card” system much easier to attract more skilled migrants from outside of Europe.