174 Bangladeshis return home from Libyan detention centre
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Work and Migration
Bangladesh among top 5 sources of UK asylum claims, but few approved: High commissioner
9 August 2026
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Work and Migration
Overseas jobs fall to five-year low amid Middle East uncertainty
5 August 2026
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Economy
Saudi eases residential permit renewal rules for foreign workers
4 August 2026
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Work and Migration
HC orders passport applications of expat Bangladeshis cleared within 60 days
2 August 2026
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NRB
US deports 23 more Bangladeshis amid immigration crackdown
30 July 2026
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Work and Migration
Sold into cyber slavery / How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia's scam compounds
16 July 2026
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Manpower fraud
Bangladeshi extradited from Brazil to US over migrant smuggling charges
15 July 2026
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Work and Migration
In search of work, caught in war
12 July 2026
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Manpower fraud
12 Bangladeshis killed in Middle East war: Expatriates' welfare minister
9 July 2026
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Work and Migration
A year since deal inked, Greece yet to hire Bangladeshis
A year has passed since a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Bangladesh and Greece for the latter to recruit Bangladeshi migrant workers. However, Greece is yet to initiate the process.
15 March 2023
Irregular Migration of Bangladeshis: Mediterranean route dangerous yet popular
Irregular migration of Bangladeshis to Italy by sea has almost doubled in a year, shows UN data.
15 March 2023
Forex reserves fall to $31.15 billion
Bangladesh Bank cleared $1.05 billion ACU payment on March 6
9 March 2023
Remittance rises 4.46% in February
However, February's remittance of $1.56 billion was 20.3 per cent lower than the previous month's $1.95 billion
1 March 2023
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia reaches Cumilla
Last night, a Malaysia airlines flight brought the 14-year-old Ratul Islam Fahim to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur around 10:00pm
22 February 2023
How USA becomes top remittance source beating Saudi Arabia
The USA has 5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers and Saudi Arabia 20 lakh
21 February 2023
USA continues to be Bangladesh's top source of remittance
Bangladeshis in the North American country sent home $966.89 million in the October-December period of 2022
19 February 2023
At least 73 migrants missing, presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya
The boat carrying 80 people had departed from Qasr al-Akhyar, east of the capital Tripoli, and was heading to Europe when it ran into trouble on Tuesday, the UN's IOM said
15 February 2023
Skill factor hinders rise in remittance
Despite sending well over a million migrants abroad last year, Bangladesh is unlikely to get the desired remittance from them as almost four out of five of them were less skilled.
14 February 2023
Bangladesh calls for ensuring transparency
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia Md Golam Sarwar has called for ensuring transparency in the recruitment process of workers from Bangladesh to Malaysia
10 February 2023
28 Bangladeshis held for staying in India slum illegally: Agra police
India's Agra police today arrested 28 Bangladesh citizens who were allegedly staying in a slum illegally.
6 February 2023
Per capita income misses estimates
Bangladesh's per capita income stood at $2,793 in fiscal 2021-22 -- $31 lower than the initial estimate as the steep depreciation of the taka messed up the government’s numbers.
5 February 2023
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
5 February 2023
IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
2 February 2023
Bangladesh’s forex reserves to hit 4-year low in FY23: IMF
Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange is likely to stand at $30 billion at the end of 2022-23 fiscal year, lowest in four years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
31 January 2023
‘Local conglomerates lost Tk 65,000cr for dollar price hike’
Bangladeshi conglomerates counted Tk 65,000 crore in losses in the last one year because of the fall of the local currency against the US dollar, which made loans costlier amid global economic volatility, a noted economist said today.
29 January 2023
EU wants to send more people back to Asia, Africa, Middle East
European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq.
26 January 2023
Boy rescued from container is Ratul from Cumilla, claims family
The boy discovered in a cargo container in Malaysia's Port Klang on January 17 is from Cumilla, who went missing more than two months ago, a family from the district claimed today.
21 January 2023
Malaysian home minister to meet Bangladesh counterpart on new migrant hiring policy
Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has recently said that he will meet with his counterparts in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Indonesia to explain the relaxed rules for hiring migrants that the cabinet approved recently.
21 January 2023
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia calls himself Fahim
The boy found in a cargo container in Port Klang of Malaysia on January 17 calls himself Fahim and he could be Bangladeshi or Rohingya.
20 January 2023