Eleven people died and eight others are missing after an earthquake near Malaysia's highest peak, a minister for tourism says.

Thailand's junta leader says government officials involved in human trafficking would not be spared, vows to "eradicate" the industry.

Armed forces chief will meet with inspector-general of police to discuss how military can play a bigger role in border security, Malaysian defence minister says.

Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.

Duong was 18 and looking forward to seeing a new place and meeting new people when she set out with her aunt Mai and Mai’s boyfriend Lap to see his parents in Vinh Phuc Province. For a Dao minority girl from the rural district of Yen Binh in Yen Bai Province, it was like traveling into another country, and she was excited.

“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.

Migrant rights workers launch hotline numbers in Bangladesh and Malaysia to facilitate the passage of information of the rescued trafficking victims to the aggrieved families.

Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur sent a list of 710 self-claimed Bangladeshi jobseekers rescued in Malaysia to the ministries of foreign and home affairs in Dhaka for verification.

Myanmar's navy refuses to let journalists approach a island where over 700 migrants are said to be held.

The High Court directs the government to submit a report before it in four weeks on the steps taken for rescuing the Bangladeshi citizens stranded at sea and in the trafficking camps of Thailand and Malaysia.

Bangladesh insists that poverty is not necessarily the main driver pushing her people into the hands of traffickers.

Myanmar's navy seizes a boat packed with 727 people off the country's southern coast.

130 turtles have been seized by the Customs Intelligence Department, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Australia pledges grant of $5 million Australian dollars in humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Police arrest three listed human traffickers from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in view of the worldwide concern over human trafficking.

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister General Tanasak Patimapragorn denies having knowledge of any army personnel's link with human trafficking.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia are three of the largest destinations for Bangladeshi expatriate workers.

The four were in a hurry, had little time to bargain for the cricket bat's price. Most excited among them, Nur Alam pulled out his moneybag hurriedly, paid Tk 300 and almost snatched the bat from the salesman.

The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, says Malaysia's deputy home minister.

Malaysia detains 12 policemen suspected of human trafficking, two of whom are said to be connected to recently discovered jungle graves.