Bangladesh workforce

How Bangladesh can give its women migrants a real edge

Moksuda Begum left Narayanganj with a dream and a promise. A widow raising her two children, Moksuda had been told she would earn Tk 22,000 a month as a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia.
26 April 2026, 10:00 AM

Young people need more economic opportunities

Authorities must not let our demographic dividend go to waste
10 April 2023, 12:00 PM

Qatar to hire more Bangladeshi workers

Qatar's Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani agrees to increase employing Bangladeshis and provide training and skill building facilities for them.
4 February 2016, 12:49 PM

Saudi firms stop hiring 'costly domestics' from Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia’s recruitment offices have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi workers claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, reports an Arab English daily, Arab News.
1 September 2015, 08:05 AM