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
‘Raped, blackmailed and cheated’ in Mauritius
Desperate to lift her family out of poverty, Roksana (real name withheld) flew to Mauritius three years ago to work as a sewing machine operator.
2 September 2022, 02:00 AM
Govt plans to send 8.10 lakh workers abroad in 2022-23
The government has worked out a plan to send 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers abroad and provide skills development training to 5.20 lakh in the current fiscal year (2022-23).
22 August 2022, 11:04 AM
Romania labour market opening up
Romania has emerged as a destination for Bangladeshi migrant workers.
16 August 2022, 02:30 AM
Undocumented in Maldives: 34k Bangladeshis to get papers
About 34,000 Bangladeshi undocumented migrant workers in the Maldives are in the pipeline for regularisation under an amnesty programme there, according to an estimate of Bangladesh High Commission in Malé.
7 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Malaysia not accepting foreign workers’ recruitment applications Aug 15-31
The Malaysian government has temporarily suspended accepting applications for recruitment of foreign workers from August 15 till August 31.
6 August 2022, 14:49 PM
10 arrested in Malaysia over bribe allegations in expat workers’ recruitment
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 10 people over bribe allegations linked to the recruitment of foreign workers.
5 August 2022, 16:16 PM
Will take steps to start migration to Malaysia
Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday said the ministry will take steps to ensure that the flow of migrant workers to Malaysia starts soon.
4 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Record number of expats expected to go to South Korea this year: Dhaka EPS
According to the Dhaka EPS Center of the HRD Korea, over 3,600 Bangladesh EPS workers are likely to be admitted to Korea this year.
3 August 2022, 12:17 PM
Migrants’ jobs in UAE: Bangladesh wants more work visas
Bangladesh wants the UAE to increase the number work visas for its citizens in the Gulf country as the figure has dropped significantly in recent years.
30 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Sending workers to Greece: No recruitment even 5 months after deal
More than five months have passed since the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and Greece on sending workers to the European country, but the fresh recruitment is yet to begin.
30 July 2022, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh truly a champion on migration management: IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has appreciated Bangladesh’s overall migration management and gradual prevention of irregular migration enabling regular migration.
26 July 2022, 15:29 PM
Malaysia labour market: 2 agencies get ‘recruitment approval’
The government yesterday gave recruitment approval to two agencies for sending migrant workers to Malaysia amid allegations of attempts to create a “syndicate of 25 agencies”.
24 July 2022, 18:00 PM
16 killed after vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsizes off Bahamas coast
Sixteen people are dead after a vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said on Sunday, amid a continuing wave of sea migration toward the United States.
24 July 2022, 16:02 PM
Nearly 700 migrants rescued off Italian coast, 5 found dead
Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions.
24 July 2022, 13:21 PM
Highest number of migrants reaching Italian shores this year are Bangladeshis: Ambassador
Bangladeshis were found to be the highest number of irregular migrants reaching the shores of Italy in the first six months this year.
22 July 2022, 17:29 PM
Bangladeshi workers won’t face any exploitation, discrimination: Malaysia PM assures Momen
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has guaranteed that Bangladeshi workers there will not face any exploitation or discrimination.
21 July 2022, 16:29 PM
Malaysia starts process of hiring workers
Malaysia has started the process of hiring workers from Bangladesh without settling the controversy surrounding the syndicate of 25 agencies chosen to conduct the recruitment.
17 July 2022, 02:00 AM
88pc female migrants get no job contracts
Parul Begum (name changed), a single mother of two, thought she caught a break when she got the offer to work as domestic help in Qatar for a monthly salary of Tk 40,000.
16 July 2022, 03:00 AM
Govt sets Tk 78,990 max migration cost in Bangladesh for workers going to Malaysia
The government has set Tk 78,990 as maximum migration cost at Bangladesh end that a worker will have to bear to secure employment in Malaysia.
7 July 2022, 07:43 AM
Recruitment of Bangladeshis: Malaysian ACC starts probe on ‘syndication’
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started investigation into the allegations of syndication in the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country.
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM