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Malaysia-bound workers await recruitment clarity
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Malaysia-bound workers keep asking when they can leave. Recruiters have no answer yet
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21 September 2026 • Work and Migration
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16 September 2026 • Work and Migration

Italy to take skilled workers from Bangladesh

Italy has agreed to take skilled workers from Bangladesh under a bilateral migration and mobility arrangement, particularly for Italian construction, shipbuilding and hospitality sectors.
7 June 2023

Workers in Maldives: 47pc don’t get promised wages

Around 47 percent Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Maldives do not receive the wages promised to them, according to a recent study.
7 June 2023

Only 53% Bangladeshi workers in Maldives receive promised wage: Study

Only 53 percent of the Bangladeshi migrant workers in Maldives receive promised wage and their average monthly income is Tk 35,147..The information was revealed in a new study by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).
7 June 2023

Govt mulling increasing incentive on remittance: Mannan

The government is contemplating increasing the incentive on remittance, said Planning Minister MA Mannan today
6 June 2023

Expatriates’ minister discusses migrant workers' issues in Malaysia

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad yesterday held discussions with Malaysian officials for sending more migrant workers, stressing upon safe and orderly migration
2 June 2023

1.49 crore Bangladeshi expats work in 176 countries

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in his budget speech revealed that more than 1.49 crore Bangladeshi workers are working in 176 countries across the world
1 June 2023

Bangladeshi Workers: Two Malaysian high officials transferred over migrants’ plight

The Malaysian human resources ministry transferred two of its top officials in connection with the recent recruitment of Bangladeshi and Nepalese workers
19 May 2023

Exploitative practices led to halt in hiring of Bangladeshis

Some of Malaysia’s largest palm oil producers are not hiring workers from Bangladesh because of concerns over exploitative practices during recruitment, companies and labour consultants say
12 May 2023

In Malaysia, migrants say they are in limbo after promised jobs fall through

Stranded without work for months, hundreds of South Asian migrants in Malaysia say they are losing hope after failing to find jobs promised to them by recruitment agents in exchange for thousands of dollars in fees..At a students' dormitory about 40 km (25 miles) from the capital, Kuala Lu
11 May 2023

Bangladeshis among 113 migrants rescued in Mexico

Authorities in northwest Mexico rescued 113 kidnapped migrants of different nationalities, including Bangladeshis, from a building along the border with the United States, the state prosecutor's office said.
7 May 2023

Remittance declines 16.27% in April

Migrant workers sent home $1.68 billion in October
2 May 2023

Banks hike dollar prices for remitters, exporters

Bankers today decided to pay a total of Tk 110.70 to migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis for a US dollar from this week in order to encourage them to send foreign currency through formal channels, according to a meeting.
30 April 2023

Tunisia retrieves 41 drowned migrants as death toll soars

Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said yesterday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country's coast to 210 in 10 days
28 April 2023

Recruitment to Malaysia: Still marred by irregularities

Recruitment of new Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia has been tainted by a number of irregularities, with a few dozen workers falling into trouble, which includes joblessness.
19 April 2023

Thousands of migrants, including some Bangladeshis, stranded in Niger's desert

Every week hundreds more migrants thrown out of Algeria end up here in Assamaka, the first village on the Niger border
6 April 2023

Remitters sent home $2.02 billion in March

The amount is a seven-month high
2 April 2023

10 migrant workers detained in Malaysia

A group of 10 Bangladeshi migrant workers were detained this week in Malaysia for “not possessing valid documents”, according to a report of Free Malaysia Today (FMT).
16 March 2023

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