Mohiuddin Belal, an engineer based in UAE, heaved a sigh of relief on August 4 when he heard that his host country had lifted the flight ban from Bangladesh after about three months.

A group of 18 Bangladeshi migrants returned home yesterday from Lebanon after the International Organisation for Migration in coordination with governments of the countries facilitated their return. 

Remittance inflow has declined by 8 per cent year-on-year to $1.8 billion in August, lowest in six months due to money transfer through informal channels termed like hundi, increased, bankers said.

Speakers at a virtual consultation yesterday said standard employment contract paper should be provided to outgoing migrant workers as part of fair and ethical recruitment practices in the migration sector.

Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has framed a policy to recognise recruiting agents as the Commercially Important Person (CIP) for their contribution to overseas employment.

Speakers at a dialogue yesterday stressed the need for media’s proactive role in addressing different challenges in the country’s labour migration sector.

A fully-functional “one-stop service centre” should be created to provide all kinds of support and information to female migrant workers regarding their safe migration, said speakers during an online dialogue yesterday.

Several thousand UAE-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers are passing days in uncertainty over returning to the gulf country due to absence of rapid PCR test facilities of Covid-19 in Bangladesh airports.

At least 398 bodies of Bangladeshi migrants were sent from Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah region in the 2020-2021 fiscal year following efforts taken by the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah.

As many as 121 migrant workers have left the country on Friday for East African nation Seychelles, which emerged as a new market opportunity for Bangladesh in recent years.

Bangladesh has recently proposed the United Arab Emirates either designate or set up dedicated training institutes for migrant workers in Bangladesh with support of the UAE government, or private sector, or both. Bangladesh has also proposed the development of a suitable training module for workers wishing to be employed in the UAE.

Thirteen Bangladeshis rescued in the Mediterranean have returned to Dhaka today from Tunisia.

Many Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia are now facing uncertainty over their return home as confusion has arisen over a circular of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.

Experts at a webinar yesterday urged the government to address migrant workers’ wage theft claims at regional forums as well as during bilateral meetings with host countries.

A visa embargo imposed by South Korea on Bangladesh for the last four months has left potential migrant workers wishing to work in the East Asian country under its Employment Permit System in limbo.

Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended 10 Bangladeshis while attempting to enter India illegally today, an official of the paramilitary force said.

At least 11,510 Bangladeshi migrant workers have been repatriated from Malaysia under a special repatriation programme that began in November last year, Malaysian media reported on Tuesday.

Two Bangladeshis have been arrested by law enforcers in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly entering India illegally.

Remittance hit the lowest in five months due to post Eid hangover and lesser working days in the banking sector than a usual month.

Abdul Kader Parash lost his income three months ago due to sheer lack of clients at the motor garage he worked for in Kuala Lumpur.