2 passengers arriving from Qatar found with dual active passports at Dhaka airport
2 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Govt shuts unauthorised medical centre testing Malaysia-bound workers
2 October 2026
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Work and Migration
Bangladesh wants to send 1 crore workers abroad in 5 years. Is its skills system ready?
28 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Debt, torture and the dangerous road to Europe
26 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Malaysia-bound workers await recruitment clarity
22 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Malaysia-bound workers keep asking when they can leave. Recruiters have no answer yet
21 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Those taking irregular migration routes should not be treated as criminals: Home secretary
19 September 2026
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Work and Migration
He lost Tk 2 lakh to a broker. Now he is going to Dubai for free
17 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Baira members fear 25 agencies could control Malaysia worker recruitment
16 September 2026
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Work and Migration
UAE cancels visas of over 4,000 Bangladeshis, leaving many unable to return to jobs
14 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Record $3.29 billion remittance came in March
Remittance inflow posted a 65% year-on-year jump
6 April 2025
23 Bangladeshis rescued in Libya
The Bangladesh mission thanked law enforcers in Misrata for the quick and effective move
2 April 2025
Remittances near record $3 billion in March
The inflow was 82.46 percent higher than the same period last year, according to industry insiders.
27 March 2025
Eid windfall: Remittance soars 78% in 19 days
Remittance inflows surged by around 78 percent year-on-year in the first 19 days of March as migrant workers sent more money home to relatives ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious occasion in the country.
20 March 2025
18 Bangladeshis trapped in Myanmar to return home today
They will arrive in Dhaka on a Thai Airways flight, said a press release
18 March 2025
Italy visa crisis: Victims demand CA’s intervention
Victims of the ongoing Italy visa crisis have sought the intervention of Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, to resolve the crisis.
16 March 2025
Workers’ migration drops by 36pc in February
The migration of Bangladeshi workers abroad for jobs declined by 36 percent last month compared to the previous month, with a sharp fall in migration to top destination Saudi Arabia, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).
14 March 2025
Number of workers going abroad declines 36 percent in Feb
Migration to Saudi Arabia falls from 76,618 in January to 44,258 in February
12 March 2025
450 Bangladeshi migrants to be repatriated from Libya
The first flight is scheduled for March 12 from Tripoli
10 March 2025
Remittance inflow rises 25% in February
Migrants sent home $2.52 billion in February
2 March 2025
State-run agency's labour migration mainly limited to 2 countries
Labour sending by Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (Boesl) remained limited mainly to two countries although it has explored more than 20 countries in past 14 years
2 March 2025
Political, economic reforms led to drop in overseas migration last year
More than 700 female workers migrated as skilled professionals last year
5 February 2025
Injured migrant workers need better support to rebuild their lives
My flight back to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur is usually not that eventful. I go to the airport, check my luggage in, go through the immigration process and then when it’s time board a plane along with many other families heading home. .However, this time it was quite different. As I boarded t
4 February 2025
Libya boat capsize: Families search for bodies of loved ones
As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.
3 February 2025
Libya tragedy: 56 migrants were aboard capsized boat
Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.
2 February 2025
Remittances grow 3% in January
Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025
2 February 2025
We need to protect our migrant workers before it's too late
Behind this staggering number lies a grim reality: young lives extinguished far too soon, leaving behind grieving families and communities
24 January 2025
4,813 bodies of migrant workers arrived in Bangladesh in 2024
The number is a record high, reveals statistics from Wage Earners’ Welfare Board
24 January 2025
71 Bangladeshis without valid papers held in Malaysia
The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department arrested 176 illegal immigrants, including 71 Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in the Jalan Alor area of Bukit Bintang on Wednesday night, reports Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama.
23 January 2025
Jobs in Malaysia: 18,000 workers in depths of despair
Frustration is mounting among the over 18,000 Bangladeshis who missed a deadline to fly to Malaysia for work around eight months ago.
22 January 2025