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Mohammad Jamil Khan

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Bangladeshi migrants workers rights in Malaysia

Workers’ skills, migration on separate tracks

4 October 2026
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).
4 October 2026
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
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88% bikers in road accidents don’t wear helmets: Study

Even though the number of motorbikes and deaths in bike-related accidents is rising sharply, only 34 percent of bikers wear helmets while driving, according to a recent study conducted by the World Bank and Buet’s Accident Research Institute.
13 September 2022
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Once a fraud, always a fraud?

Apparently, you can sack the man out of the bank, but you can’t take the banker out of the man!
11 September 2022
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Missing youths: Radicals out to swell ranks

Once again, youths are leaving their homes after being indoctrinated into extremism online, found law enforcers working to combat terrorism.
11 September 2022
Bangladesh's economic growth

Remittance: Tk 25,000cr lost to hundi in last four months

At least 5,000 agents of different mobile financial services made suspicious transactions involving around Tk 25,000 crore, meant to be remitted by Bangladeshi expatriates, in the last four months.
8 September 2022
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Narcos hard to put behind bars

Although Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) shows rising drug cases and arrests in its annual round-up every year, more than half of the cases end up in acquittals.
4 September 2022
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How do you make a bus disappear?

Not a motorbike, not even a car, their target is stealing an entire bus.
25 August 2022

New drugs, new challenges

Despite law enforcers’ tough vigilance, smugglers are trying to introduce new types of narcotics in the country and are doing business using social media.
23 August 2022
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Illegal trafficking, legal means

They had valid visas, training and work permits.
17 August 2022
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Many militants still at large

Sanwar Hossain joined Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in 2000, influenced by none other than the banned outfit’s then supremo Shaikh Abdur Rahman.
16 August 2022
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Want to buy a car? It’s only Tk 5,000!

Seized vehicles that are used for different crimes or have no valid documents mostly end up in auctions as scrap.
13 August 2022
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Lobbying on for top posts of police

Just over a week after a major reshuffle of the district superintendents of police, all eyes are on the police department in anticipation of possible changes in the top brass.
12 August 2022
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Better call Galib!

Galib is a problem solver of sorts. He deals with police-related issues, like releasing someone from custody and ensuring that an accused is not beaten while in remand.
5 July 2022
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Circular error in govt project: 492 officials not getting promised pay

Information service officers under a government project were supposed to draw a monthly salary of Tk 27,100, according to the job circular and their appointment letters.
5 July 2022
Representational image of Bangladeshi migrant workers.

Fake visas, real miseries

Using fake visas, a transnational syndicate has reportedly been trafficking people to Italy and Canada. A section of airport officials allegedly supported the syndicate in exchange for Tk 4 to 5 lakh, by allowing fake-visa holders to go abroad.
4 July 2022
Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding

CTTC to start deradicalising militants in jail this month

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit is going to start a long-overdue process of deradicalising militants inside prisons from this month.
30 June 2022
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6 years of Holey Artisan café attack: Neo JMB on the wane, some groups active online

Militant group Neo-JMB, which carried out a deadly attack at a Gulshan restaurant in 2016, currently has no strength to carry out another attack, but officers and security analysts see several other groups as threats.
30 June 2022
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So far so good

Around 11:00am yesterday, Sufia Begum, a resident of the capital’s Dhanmondi area, went to Dhaka airport to fly to Bangkok for tourism purposes.
30 June 2022
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Substance abuse in children spiralling

Children’s substance abuse has increased exponentially in the ten years since 2012 -- an alarming development for the society.
27 June 2022
International Day Against Drug Abuse

International Day Against Drug Abuse, Illicit Trafficking: Danger of drugs ever-present

Despite tough vigilance and special drives by law enforcers, narcotics, especially yaba, smuggling increased in 2021, when compared with the previous year.
26 June 2022
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Tortured while on video call with family

Find your fellow Bangladeshis. Bond over the sweet homesick feelings. Be friends. Invite them over for a meal.
23 June 2022

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