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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladeshi migrants workers rights in Malaysia

Workers’ skills, migration on separate tracks

8 HOUR(s)
More than seven in 10 outbound workers leave Bangladesh without any training, according to a study, and experts say the problem goes beyond the capacity of technical training centres (TTCs).
8 HOUR(s)
Malaysia job market for Bangladeshi workers

US war on Iran tanks workers’ migration

2 October 2026
The number of Bangladeshis approved to take up jobs in 10 major overseas markets fell nearly 35 percent in the first nine months of the year on the back of a slump in Saudi-bound recruitment, along with other traditional Gulf markets, due to the US-Israel war on Iran.
2 October 2026
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Crackdown on teen gangs to go nationwide

1 October 2026
After a series of violent incidents heightened concerns over public safety, law enforcers are stepping up drives against teen gangs and other criminal networks. They are also targeting the influential people behind such groups.
1 October 2026
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Jobs in Malaysia: Demand letters attested, rules still unclear

30 September 2026
The Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur has begun attesting job-demand letters for Bangladeshi workers, even though the recruitment process remains opaque, with no formal government announcement yet on the mechanism, costs or departure timeline.
30 September 2026
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Biman buying 10 Airbus planes: Aviation minister

30 September 2026
Biman expects four Airbus A350-900s, six A320neos; 13 Boeing 787-10s, two 787-9s, and ten 737 Max8s in 2030's
30 September 2026
Biman Bangladesh Airlines orders new Boeing planes

Biman bets big with 11 more Boeing jets

25 September 2026
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has ordered 11 more jets, taking its Boeing order book to 25 aircraft and pushing ahead with the biggest fleet expansion in its history, as negotiations continue for 10 Airbus planes.
25 September 2026
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Cox’s Bazar International Airport set for October launch

24 September 2026
But uncertainty remains over which airlines to operate int’l flights
24 September 2026
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Limited banking access proposed for Rohingyas to check hundi risks

22 September 2026
An intelligence report has proposed allowing selected Rohingya families to open controlled bank accounts to divert hundi remittances into formal channels and curb their misuse for crime and terror financing.
22 September 2026

Police want 550 SP posts before polls

The Police Headquarters is planning to propose promotion of 550 police officials to superintendents of police keeping them in the offices they are serving now.   
3 March 2023
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Conning people inside the secretariat

As per the plan, the gang first arranged for entrance passes to get into the secretariat.
21 February 2023
In Dhaka, footpaths not for pedestrians only

In Dhaka, footpaths not for pedestrians only

It’s a 10-minute walk from Farmgate’s Ananda Cinema Hall to the Panthapath intersection through Green Road. However, it takes 20 minutes to cross this 700-metre road, thanks to illegal occupants of the footpath
17 February 2023
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Dhaka-Chattogram Highway finally coming under watch

1,427 CCTV cameras to be set up by June to check theft of RMG shipments, robbery
17 February 2023
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Dream of better life ends in nightmare

Without any licence to run a recruiting agency, they used to send people abroad.
14 February 2023
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A grand ploy to get visas

The gang first communicates with businesses in the US, Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, introducing themselves as suppliers of Bangladesh’s security forces.
9 February 2023
Climate-Related Disasters

9.4m displaced in seven years

At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.
9 February 2023
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Leaders at home, robbers on highways

Locally, they were known as politicians or social workers. They even held social programmes spending a considerable sum of money.
3 February 2023
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Graft is his middle name

Internal GCC enquiry upon directive of LGRD ministry exposes countless misdeeds of suspended mayor Zahangir Alam
3 February 2023
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Tk 2.60cr into thin air

A bank account was opened in the name of ex-mayor Zahangir Alam, and was later used for the transaction of Gazipur City Corporation’s money.
2 February 2023
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Don’t eat food from strangers

They sell Ayurvedic medicines on buses and trains. Some members of the gang travel on specific vehicles in the guise of passengers. In the middle of the journey, the other members get on board and pitch benefits of the medication. To make the pitch
1 February 2023
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US, EU passport, visa for Tk 3 lakh!

On July 2 last year, Mohammad Asif went to Dhaka airport to go to Nepal. He was carrying two passports, one Bangladeshi and one American.
29 January 2023
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The Iranian nightmare

Trafficking syndicate, with help of 2 Dhaka airport staffers, confine, torture Bangladeshi migrants, reveals CID
26 January 2023
drug smuggling

Swallowing yaba for a living

It takes around 4 hours to swallow 54 small packets of yaba for 41-year-old Josna Khatun. Each packet contains 50 pills.
24 January 2023
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding

Their goal: build an arsenal for militants

Counterterrorism officials have claimed that the newly-formed militant outfit “Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya” were planning to create an arsenal in the remote hilly areas.
11 January 2023
Police implicate dead men in vandalism case

Narco Trade, Drug Abuse:: Police high-ups irked over some cops’ involvement

Top police officials have expressed resentment over field-level officials abusing drugs and being involved in the narcotics trade, and warned of stern action against them.
9 January 2023
Police implicate dead men in vandalism case

Police Week-2023: Give DB, CTTC authority to probe money laundering

Police high-ups yesterday placed a host of demands, including the authority for the DB and counter-terror unit of the DMP to investigate money laundering cases and the  appointment of lawyers in the force to deal with such cases.
8 January 2023
Police implicate dead men in vandalism case

Authorise the PHQ to punish, promote SPs

Police officials yesterday demanded that the government authorise the Police Headquarters to investigate the SP-level officers and determine their transfers and promotions instead of the home ministry.
7 January 2023
drug trade along Cumilla border

‘Border bars’ for Bangladeshis

It was a cloudy afternoon on October 2 at Shahpur border in Cumilla.
27 December 2022
Metro Rail

Dhaka Metro Rail: DMP to ensure security until dedicated force formed

Dhaka Metropolitan Police will ensure security at the country’s first metro rail, set to be inaugurated on Wednesday, until a dedicated force is available.
25 December 2022

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