The Malaysian government will decide which Bangladeshi recruiting agencies it will pick when hiring workers from the country, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said yesterday.

The demand for Bangladeshi workers is not as high as it used to be as some sectors have turned to other nationalities for their manpower needs, says Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Saravanan.

Bangladesh is missing out on a large labour market in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur stopped taking in any fresh Bangladeshi migrants over irregularities by recruiting agencies in 2018.

Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world's best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the "best and brightest" workers.

Malaysian Immigration Police last night (May 27, 2022) detained 51 foreign nationals, including Bangladeshi migrant workers, for not possessing valid documents.

A group of 160 Bangladeshis returned home from war-torn Libya yesterday under a voluntary repatriation programme coordinated by the government.

Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the rules related to the 2.5 per cent incentive extended to remitters if they send money home through the official channel.

The Qatar government has said it will hire workers from Bangladesh in security, hospitality and transport sectors ahead of the Football World Cup 2022.

Bangladesh has requested Maldives to recruit new workers from it and regularise undocumented Bangladeshi migrants soon.

Bangladesh called for enhanced global solidarity to address gaps in migrants’ rights and their protection.

Four illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were arrested while trying to cross over to Nepal from the border state of India’s Uttar Pradesh, police said today.

Expatriates Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today (May 15, 2022) called upon the Jordan government to consider recruiting skilled male migrant workers alongside females from Bangladesh in the Middle Eastern country’s garment sector.

The Tunisian navy said on Saturday (May 14, 2022) it rescued 81 migrants, including 32 Bangladeshis, who had set out for Europe from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel, Arab News reports.

A group of 162 Bangladeshis returned home from war-torn Libya yesterday under a voluntary repatriation programme coordinated by the Bangladesh government and International Organisation for Migration.

Female migrant workers should be provided with sufficient skills training, including learning the host country’s language for their empowerment and safety in receiving countries, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.

The government high-ups and the top commercial bankers today urged expatriate Bangladeshis to send their money through the legal channel instead of using hundi – an illegal cross-border money transfer network.

As many as 162 Bangladeshi migrants – who were in various detention centres in Libya -- have returned home this morning (May 12, 2022).

A batch of 123 Bangladeshi expatriate workers left for South Korea today.

Kabir Matubbar (not his real name) took an illegal route to Italy from Bangladesh in 2015. The trip included a daring boat journey in the Mediterranean Sea from Libya.

After a severe dip in his earnings in the last two years of the pandemic, Hajrat Ali, a migrant worker in Malaysia, is very happy this time as he sent home an additional amount for his family’s Eid celebration.