139 irregular migrants return home from Libya

A batch of 139 Bangladeshi irregular migrants today returned home from Libya with the support of the Bangladesh government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
1 February 2024, 14:00 PM

50pc migrant workers 'less-skilled': RMMRU

Alongside the 50 percent less-skilled workers, last year 24.77 percent of workers migrated in "skilled," 21.01 percent in "semi-skilled," and 4.14 percent in "professional" categories
31 January 2024, 15:22 PM

Bangladesh, Libya for safe migration, preventing trafficking

Bangladesh and Libya today discussed key areas of addressing safe and regular migration and preventing human trafficking
22 January 2024, 12:36 PM

140 more Bangladeshi migrants return from Libya

The government today brought back a group of 140 Bangladeshi migrants from Libya.
21 December 2023, 15:18 PM

International Migrants Day: Of rights violations and heartbreaks

Despite a surge in labour migration, many Bangladeshi migrant workers encounter challenges in host countries, including job loss due to fraud, leading to economic loss and psychological stress.
17 December 2023, 18:00 PM

136 Bangladeshi migrants return from Libya

The government today brought back a group of 136 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from Libya
14 December 2023, 16:37 PM

145 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya

The government repatriated 398 Bangladeshi irregular migrants from Libya in past nine days with the latest group of 145 migrants reaching the country today
6 December 2023, 14:06 PM

'Countries vocal on human rights often silent on migrant workers’ sufferings'

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said it was a tragic irony that countries that claim to be vocal on human rights issues internationally often remain "silent or in denial" about transgressions with migrant workers within their own territories
21 November 2023, 11:57 AM
1 November 2023, 15:00 PM

Repatriation of illegal immigrants: Govt to sign SOP with UK

In reply to a reporter’s query if the SOP will be used to facilitate bringing back BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who is living in the UK, the home minister said, "We will try our best"
1 November 2023, 14:41 PM

Oman suspends new visas for Bangladeshis

Oman has suspended the issuance of visas across all categories for Bangladeshis from Tuesday, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has said
31 October 2023, 18:49 PM

Reunited after 35 years

Brac helps man return to his family after being stranded in Pakistan
21 October 2023, 15:32 PM

Submission of biometric data: Aspirant migrant workers wait for hours in long queues

Hundreds of aspirant migrant workers had to wait for several hours yesterday in long queues to submit their biometric information at the Visa Service Centre for Saudi Arabia in the capital’s Jamuna Future Park, enduring various sufferings
8 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Discuss regularisation of middlemen

Stakeholders in the labour migration sector should discuss the regularisation of sub-agents or middlemen under the newly enacted Overseas Employment and Migrants (Amendment) Act, 2023, said Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairperson of the parliamentary committee on expatriates' welfare ministry, today
25 September 2023, 14:22 PM

Rescue ship saves 438 migrants in Mediterranean: NGO

Rescue ship Ocean Viking has saved 438 migrants in distress in the Mediterranean over the last two days, the organisation that runs it, SOS Mediterranee, said on Friday
26 August 2023, 10:21 AM

Migrants in KSA: They can take families for 3-month visits

From now on Bangladeshi citizens with transit visa will be able to stay four days in Saudi Arabia and perform umrah and migrants living there would be able to take their families to the kingdom for three months’ stay.
23 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Migrant boat capsize: Body of a Bangladeshi recovered

The body of one of the eight Bangladeshi migrants feared missing after a boat from Italy to Libya capsized in the Mediterranean has been found while two others are believed to be alive, their family members said.
13 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Migration isn’t among govt’s ‘priority’ sectors: JP MP

The government does not want to accept the country's labour migration and remittance sector as a 'priority' sector, Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, chairperson of Bangladesh Parliamentarians' Caucus on Migration and Development, said today
7 August 2023, 15:36 PM

Japan emerges as lucrative labour market

With numerous job opportunities and the scope to earn a decent living, Japan has emerged as a lucrative labour market for skilled Bangladeshi migrant workers.
4 July 2023, 01:20 AM

In a first, UK hires seasonal farm workers from Bangladesh

Bangladesh for the first time has sent seasonal farm workers to the UK under its Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
27 June 2023, 17:26 PM