He lost Tk 2 lakh to a broker. Now he is going to Dubai for free
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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
Mymensingh man killed in Ukrainian drone strike in Russia, family says
11 September 2026
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Work and Migration
38 Bangladeshis rescued from cyber scam compounds in Cambodia return home
3 September 2026
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Work and Migration
Nearly 30,000 cases pending in labour courts, tribunal: Minister
3 September 2026
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Employment
174 Bangladeshis return home from Libya detention centre
1 September 2026
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Work and Migration
338 Bangladeshi recruiting agencies can send workers to Malaysia: Ministry
28 August 2026
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Work and Migration
Malaysia lists 25 recruiting agencies
23 August 2026
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Work and Migration
Barely able to speak Bangla, Farid found his family through memories of home
19 August 2026
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Migrant Rights & Welfare
28 Bangladeshis held for staying in India slum illegally: Agra police
India's Agra police today arrested 28 Bangladesh citizens who were allegedly staying in a slum illegally.
6 February 2023
Per capita income misses estimates
Bangladesh's per capita income stood at $2,793 in fiscal 2021-22 -- $31 lower than the initial estimate as the steep depreciation of the taka messed up the government’s numbers.
5 February 2023
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
5 February 2023
IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
2 February 2023
Bangladesh’s forex reserves to hit 4-year low in FY23: IMF
Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange is likely to stand at $30 billion at the end of 2022-23 fiscal year, lowest in four years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
31 January 2023
‘Local conglomerates lost Tk 65,000cr for dollar price hike’
Bangladeshi conglomerates counted Tk 65,000 crore in losses in the last one year because of the fall of the local currency against the US dollar, which made loans costlier amid global economic volatility, a noted economist said today.
29 January 2023
EU wants to send more people back to Asia, Africa, Middle East
European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq.
26 January 2023
Boy rescued from container is Ratul from Cumilla, claims family
The boy discovered in a cargo container in Malaysia's Port Klang on January 17 is from Cumilla, who went missing more than two months ago, a family from the district claimed today.
21 January 2023
Malaysian home minister to meet Bangladesh counterpart on new migrant hiring policy
Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has recently said that he will meet with his counterparts in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Indonesia to explain the relaxed rules for hiring migrants that the cabinet approved recently.
21 January 2023
Boy rescued from container in Malaysia calls himself Fahim
The boy found in a cargo container in Port Klang of Malaysia on January 17 calls himself Fahim and he could be Bangladeshi or Rohingya.
20 January 2023
Bangladeshi teenager rescued from ship container in Malaysia
A Bangladeshi boy has been rescued from an empty container which reached the Port Klang of Malaysia on a cargo ship that left Chattogram Port six days ago.
18 January 2023
Where did most Bangladeshi migrant workers go in 2022?
Over 11.35 lakh Bangladeshis migrated to foreign nations in 2022, the highest ever in the history of the south Asian country.
13 January 2023
Bangladeshi youth freezes to death while entering Greece
A Bangladeshi youth froze to death along Turkey-Greece border while trying to enter Greece illegally recently.
12 January 2023
Labour migration to see 82pc increase
With over 10.29 lakh migrant workers going abroad till November, overseas employment this year is likely to see nearly an 82 percent increase compared to last year, says a new report by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).
29 December 2022
How did 2022 go for Bangladesh?
Bangladesh economy was all set at the beginning of 2022 to get its growth momentum back after recovering from the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. But, the start of the Ukraine war in February slowed the country’s joy run significantly, making it an eventful year to remember. Let’s see how 2022 was for Bangladesh.
29 December 2022
Planning on immigrating abroad? These are the hardest places to settle in
Here are 7 countries where immigration is extremely challenging.
24 December 2022
Stories of wage theft and injustice
About a dozen returnee migrant workers from countries in the Middle East yesterday said they were deprived of wages and benefits. Experts said this was “systemic wage theft” and that “injustice” is evident in those countries’ worker-recruitment management.
22 December 2022
Illegal migration to Europe spikes
Illegal migration of Bangladeshis to Europe through various Mediterranean routes saw an upsurge this year, raising concerns over the government measures to control it effectively.
20 December 2022
Bangladesh’s remittance to drop by $1b this year
Remittance flow to Bangladesh is projected to drop by $1 billion to $21 billion this year from $22 billion last year, according to the World Bank.
1 December 2022
In a stadium of their own, migrant workers say their sweat made World Cup happen
Taking selfies from the stands and sitting on the grassy pitch, thousands of migrant workers gathered in a Doha stadium to watch the opening match of the first World Cup in the Middle East.
21 November 2022