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
Hasan urges expats to make list of those conspiring against country
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has urged expatriate Bangladeshis to make a list of those hatching conspiracy, spreading propaganda and incitement against the country from abroad
10 March 2024
Distressed in Malaysia
For aspiring migrant workers in Bangladesh, Malaysia’s reopening of the labour market in 2022 for 15 source countries including Bangladesh to jumpstart its economy from the ravages of the pandemic -- was a godsend.
9 March 2024
Farashuddin recommends introducing unified exchange rate
He spoke at the third AKN Ahmed Memorial Lecture on Central Banking
8 March 2024
Undocumented Workers: HRW details sorry state of detainees in Malaysia
A Human Rights Watch report has detailed the damning state of immigration detention centres in Malaysia that house thousands of refugees and asylum seekers, listing claims of human rights violations and abuse.
6 March 2024
Send remittance through proper channel: foreign minister tells expats
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia to send remittances to the country through legal channels
6 March 2024
2023 deadliest year for migrants in a decade: UN
At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began a decade ago, the UN's International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.."The 2023 death toll represents a tragic increase of 20 percent compared to 2022, highlighting
6 March 2024
Migrant Workers: Recruit under single ministry
A Malaysian MP has called for streamlining the country’s foreign worker recruitment process, a day after a Bangladeshi lawmaker said that over 1,000 irregular Bangladeshi migrants were imprisoned in Malaysia.
3 March 2024
Remittance hits eight-month high
In February, migrants sent home $2.16 billion, up 39% year-on-year
3 March 2024
Malaysia to repatriate workers sans documents
Malaysia begins its Migration Repatriation Programme (MRP) today, enabling undocumented migrant workers to be sent back to their home countries without facing prosecution.
29 February 2024
$12.9b in remittances received in last 6 months
Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali today told the parliament from July to July to January of the current financial year (2023-24), the country received some $12.9 billion ($12, 900.63 million) in remittances
28 February 2024
150 duped Bangladeshis stranded in KL building
For the last four months, Rafiqul Islam [a pseudonym to protect him from further consequences] has been stuck in an abandoned three-story building in Kuala Lumpur along with 149 others -- all without any work.
27 February 2024
144 irregular migrants return home from Libya
The government yesterday brought back 144 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from north African country Libya.
23 February 2024
144 irregular migrants return home from Libya
With this, the total number of returnees rose to 1,390, the foreign ministry said
23 February 2024
To Europe via Libya: A voyage fraught with peril
An undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker choosing to enter Europe from Libya, will almost certainly be held captive by armed militias, tortured, and their families extorted for lakhs of taka.
22 February 2024
MFS transactions grow fourfold in five years
People made Tk 4,100 crore MFS transactions in 2023's December
21 February 2024
Migrant Workers: Record 4,552 returned home dead last year
Habib Khalasi, a migrant worker from Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila, went to Saudi Arabia in 2019 to turn the wheel of fortune for his poor family. But he returned home in a coffin last year.
18 February 2024
Boat capsize in Mediterranean: Most of nine dead migrants are Bangladeshis
Says Bangladesh Embassy in Libya
17 February 2024
Bangladeshis in Malaysia: 733workers to get Tk 2.3cr in unpaid wages
733 stranded Bangladeshi workers, who were tricked into coming to Malaysia for non-existent jobs, yesterday successfully claimed more than Tk 2.38 crore (RM 1 million) in unpaid wages from their supposed employers.
8 February 2024
Justice for stranded Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia
They will receive over Tk 2.3cr in unpaid wages
8 February 2024
Undocumented foreigners will be sent back home without trial: Malaysia
Undocumented foreigners will be sent back to their home countries without facing further prosecution under the Migration Repatriation programme that commences March 1, said Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
1 February 2024