She left Bangladesh with hope; returned pregnant and broken
4 June 2026, 00:36 AM
Migration
Italy-bound fortune seekers: Scarred, they return to debt and isolation
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Undocumented
Remittance crosses $3 billion mark for sixth consecutive month
1 June 2026, 18:15 PM
Business
Qatar seeks more skilled Bangladeshi workers for development projects
18 May 2026, 18:55 PM
Migration
Dhaka division receives half of Bangladesh’s March remittance: Central Bank report
17 May 2026, 17:10 PM
Business
Analysis / Move for zero-cost recruitment to Malaysia raises hope
3 May 2026, 14:20 PM
Migration
174 Bangladeshis return from Libya
23 April 2026, 16:44 PM
Migration
Missions working 24/7 to protect Bangladeshis in war-hit countries: Shama Obaed
12 April 2026, 18:06 PM
Migration
Malaysia to reopen jobs market for Bangladeshis after two-year freeze: Mahdi Amin
12 April 2026, 16:56 PM
Migration
Labour market: Govt looks to Malaysia amid Gulf slowdown
5 April 2026, 05:48 AM
Skilled migration & more
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, 18:27 PM
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, 18:00 PM
Thousands of migrants, including some Bangladeshis, stranded in Niger's desert
Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on the Niger border
6 April 2023, 07:55 AM
Remitters sent home $2.02 billion in March
The amount is a seven-month high
2 April 2023, 12:11 PM
10 migrant workers detained in Malaysia
A group of 10 Bangladeshi migrant workers were detained this week in Malaysia for “not possessing valid documents”, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today (FMT).
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM
A year since deal inked, Greece yet to hire Bangladeshis
A year has passed since a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Bangladesh and Greece for the latter to recruit Bangladeshi migrant workers. However, Greece is yet to initiate the process.
15 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Irregular Migration of Bangladeshis: Mediterranean route dangerous yet popular
Irregular migration of Bangladeshis to Italy by sea has almost doubled in a year, shows UN data.
15 March 2023, 01:40 AM
Forex reserves fall to $31.15 billion
Bangladesh Bank cleared $1.05 billion ACU payment on March 6
9 March 2023, 15:10 PM
Remittance rises 4.46% in February
However, February's remittance of $1.56 billion was 20.3 per cent lower than the previous month's $1.95 billion
1 March 2023, 11:57 AM
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia reaches Cumilla
Last night, a Malaysia airlines flight brought the 14-year-old Ratul Islam Fahim to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur around 10:00pm
22 February 2023, 13:43 PM
How USA becomes top remittance source beating Saudi Arabia
The USA has 5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers and Saudi Arabia 20 lakh
21 February 2023, 14:43 PM
USA continues to be Bangladesh's top source of remittance
Bangladeshis in the North American country sent home $966.89 million in the October-December period of 2022
19 February 2023, 15:17 PM
At least 73 migrants missing, presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya
The boat carrying 80 people had departed from Qasr al-Akhyar, east of the capital Tripoli, and was heading to Europe when it ran into trouble on Tuesday, the UN's IOM said
15 February 2023, 17:58 PM
Skill factor hinders rise in remittance
Despite sending well over a million migrants abroad last year, Bangladesh is unlikely to get the desired remittance from them as almost four out of five of them were less skilled.
14 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Bangladesh calls for ensuring transparency
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia Md Golam Sarwar has called for ensuring transparency in the recruitment process of workers from Bangladesh to Malaysia
10 February 2023, 12:58 PM
28 Bangladeshis held for staying in India slum illegally: Agra police
India's Agra police today arrested 28 Bangladesh citizens who were allegedly staying in a slum illegally.
6 February 2023, 07:11 AM
Per capita income misses estimates
Bangladesh's per capita income stood at $2,793 in fiscal 2021-22 -- $31 lower than the initial estimate as the steep depreciation of the taka messed up the government’s numbers.
5 February 2023, 16:11 PM
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
5 February 2023, 15:53 PM
IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
2 February 2023, 13:01 PM
Bangladesh’s forex reserves to hit 4-year low in FY23: IMF
Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange is likely to stand at $30 billion at the end of 2022-23 fiscal year, lowest in four years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
31 January 2023, 13:50 PM