The government will bring back Bangladeshi human trafficking victims after coordinating with the countries concerned, said State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

Border Guard Bangladesh early rescue 17 people from Shah Porir Dip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar while being trafficked to Malaysia illegally.

A Bangladeshi national is said to be among nine traffickers held by Thailand police in view of the worldwide alarm over human trafficking.

Hundreds of migrants found by the BBC last week in a boat drifting off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen.

Hong Kong police smashed a syndicate that has been smuggling Bangladeshi workers illegally into the city over the past year.

Malaysia,Indonesia says they would no longer turn away migrant vessels, responding to world pressure by offering to take in a wave of boatpeople.

Migrants filmed by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been found by fishermen off Indonesia's Aceh province.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offers to help Malaysia handle a migrant crisis that has left thousands stranded at sea.

UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG calls upon leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect the trafficking victims now stranded at sea.

In view of the worldwide alarm over human trafficking, five Bangladeshi fortune seekers are rescued from Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.

Myanmar acknowledges international "concerns" about waves of boatpeople, many of whom are fleeing from persecution, but denied it is solely to blame as thousands languish in dire straits at sea.

Police arrest an alleged human trafficker from his residence in Char Fashion upazila of Bhola.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Thai government to offer proper treatment to boat people, saying they deserved "human dignity and basic rights."

Migrants rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia have told the BBC that about 100 people died after a fight broke out over the last remaining food.

Malaysia says its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the influx of boatpeople to Southeast Asia as international pressure grew for a regional solution.

Thein Sein aide says country not likely to attend meeting on boat people;Prayu says this is neighbours' right

The US stress on regional solution to the issue of drifting sea migrants and urge countries to accommodate the people at their vicinity.

Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening to boycott a planned Southeast Asian summit.

They are not thieves, robbers or pirates but desperate jobseekers ready to give service in exchange for something to live on.

Rapid Action Battalion detains three suspected human traffickers and rescues seven victims in a drive launched in Fakirapol area of Dhaka this evening.