35 Bangladeshis return home after job dismissals in Russia
18 January 2026, 20:40 PM
NRB
Banks asked to settle inward remittances in a day
8 January 2026, 11:03 AM
Business
Labour migration up 12% despite challenges
7 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Migration
Highest ever remittance came in 2025
1 January 2026, 12:42 PM
Business
'Bangladesh has become quite famous globally for submission of fake documents'
17 December 2025, 11:36 AM
Migration
Bangladeshi survivor's first-hand account of Mediterranean migrant boat capsize
8 December 2025, 16:41 PM
Migration
Female migration declines amid abuse, unsafe conditions
5 December 2025, 20:47 PM
Migration
When American dream turns into a nightmare
1 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Undocumented
Remittance jumps 31% in November
1 December 2025, 12:39 PM
Business
Labour market in Malaysia: Strict conditions raise fear of syndication
19 November 2025, 18:31 PM
Migration
Malaysia employer framed Bangladeshi workers
Three Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia were framed in a case that led to their arrests for defying pressure to withdraw complaints they lodged with the police and labour department against their employer
25 March 2024, 17:44 PM
Jailed in Malaysia: 3 Bangladesh workers released
Malaysian police released the three Bangladeshi workers who were arrested on March 21 after they lodged a complaint to the Labour Department of Malaysia
24 March 2024, 15:31 PM
Two Rohingya found dead at sea after Indonesia ends survivor search
The bodies of two Rohingya refugees were retrieved and several more were spotted at sea Saturday, local rescuers said, days after a wooden boat believed to be carrying around 150 people capsized, leaving many missing or dead
23 March 2024, 12:52 PM
At least 65 migrants' bodies found in Libya mass grave: UN
A mass grave containing "at least 65 migrants' bodies" was discovered in southwest Libya this week, the UN migration agency said Friday
22 March 2024, 16:29 PM
19 Bangladeshi undocumented migrants held in Malaysia
Malaysian immigration department in Johor detained a total of 137 illegal immigrants of various nationalities, including 19 Bangladeshis, during an operation at a construction site in Johor Baru of the country today
22 March 2024, 11:23 AM
Plight of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia: Rights groups call for immediate steps
.Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM), an alliance of 23 migrant rights groups, issued a statement today criticising recruiting agencies for contributing to the difficulties faced by Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia
20 March 2024, 12:36 PM
No job in 7 months: 6 Bangladeshis complain to KL police against Malaysian firm
Six Bangladeshi workers who were hired by a Malaysian firm seven months back but were not provided with jobs or salaries lodged a complaint with the Kuala Lumpur police against the company on Tuesday night.
13 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Jobless in Malaysia: 4 Bangladeshi migrants file police reports
Four Bangladeshi nationals have filed police reports in Malaysia after claiming that their employer had failed to provide them with jobs despite them being in the country for over seven months
13 March 2024, 11:44 AM
Hasan urges expats to make list of those conspiring against country
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has urged expatriate Bangladeshis to make a list of those hatching conspiracy, spreading propaganda and incitement against the country from abroad
10 March 2024, 14:58 PM
Distressed in Malaysia
For aspiring migrant workers in Bangladesh, Malaysia’s reopening of the labour market in 2022 for 15 source countries including Bangladesh to jumpstart its economy from the ravages of the pandemic -- was a godsend.
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Send remittance through proper channel: foreign minister tells expats
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia to send remittances to the country through legal channels
6 March 2024, 17:52 PM
2023 deadliest year for migrants in a decade: UN
At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the UN's International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.."The 2023 death toll represents a tragic increase of 20 percent compared to 2022, highlighting
6 March 2024, 14:33 PM
Migrant Workers: Recruit under single ministry
A Malaysian MP has called for streamlining the country’s foreign worker recruitment process, a day after a Bangladeshi lawmaker said that over 1,000 irregular Bangladeshi migrants were imprisoned in Malaysia.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
150 duped Bangladeshis stranded in KL building
For the last four months, Rafiqul Islam [a pseudonym to protect him from further consequences] has been stuck in an abandoned three-story building in Kuala Lumpur along with 149 others -- all without any work.
27 February 2024, 18:00 PM
144 irregular migrants return home from Libya
With this, the total number of returnees rose to 1,390, the foreign ministry said
23 February 2024, 16:01 PM
To Europe via Libya: A voyage fraught with peril
An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.
22 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Migrant Workers: Record 4,552 returned home dead last year
Habib Khalasi, a migrant worker from Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila, went to Saudi Arabia in 2019 to turn the wheel of fortune for his poor family. But he returned home in a coffin last year.
18 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Boat capsize in Mediterranean: Most of nine dead migrants are Bangladeshis
Says Bangladesh Embassy in Libya
17 February 2024, 19:44 PM
Bangladeshis in Malaysia: 733workers to get Tk 2.3cr in unpaid wages
733 stranded Bangladeshi workers, who were tricked into coming to Malaysia for non-existent jobs, yesterday successfully claimed more than Tk 2.38 crore (RM 1 million) in unpaid wages from their supposed employers.
8 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Justice for stranded Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia
They will receive over Tk 2.3cr in unpaid wages
8 February 2024, 13:53 PM