At least 3,437 Bangladeshis died in different parts of Saudi Arabia, where the Bangladesh consulate general in Jeddah has its jurisdictionbetween July 2019 and June 2021.

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants, including a number of Bangladeshis, from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean yesterday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

A total 394 migrants, including Bangladeshis, were rescued from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

Speakers at an online dialogue yesterday said a separate platform should be established by the government so that migrant workers can complain about wage theft that they face in the host countries.

The government and other stakeholders, including civil society groups, need to focus their efforts on advancing rights-based approaches to prevent exploitation of individuals by trafficking networks, participants said at a webinar yesterday.

According to a government estimate, around five lakh migrant workers lost their jobs and returned to the country in more than a year due to the effects of Covid-19.

The government is going to give Tk 13,500 and career counselling to 200,000 migrant workers who returned home amid the pandemic.

Mustakim Alam quit his job and came home from Kuwait amid the Covid-19 pandemic in May last year after living there for over seven years, working at a printing press.

At least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.

At least 17 Bangladeshi migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Wednesday.

At least 1,160 Bangladeshi returnee migrants each incurred an average loss of about $2,119, or Tk 1.8 lakh, in wages and other entitlements in six Gulf countries amid the pandemic, according to a new survey report.

Experts in an online consultation yesterday said the expatriates’ welfare ministry needs to spend its fiscal budget aptly to enhance overall labour migration situation, especially on quality training facilities and exploring new markets.

Abusing  visit visas and on-arrival visas, a transnational syndicate has been trafficking people from Bangladesh to different countries, including the Middle East and Europe.

Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants yesterday urged the government to protect data provided by migrant workers when registering for “Ami Probashi” app, which is a prerequisite for Covid-19 vaccine registration. 

A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early yesterday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said.

A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey earlier today, killing at least 12 and injuring 26 others, Reuters reports quoting local authorities.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has supported 1,473 Bangladeshi migrants in returning home voluntarily last year, the UN migration agency has said.

Malaysia will examine recruitment fees charged to workers and review its agreements with the home countries of migrant workers, the Human Resources Ministry said, after the Southeast Asian nation was downgraded in a US human trafficking report.

The High Court asked the attorney general's office to talk to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and inquire about vaccinating Bangladeshi students, on a priority basis, who will go abroad to study.

At least 43 migrants, including Bangladeshi nationals, drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean -- from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told Reuters today.