Several thousand UAE-bound Bangladeshi expatriate workers are passing days in uncertainty over returning to the gulf country due to absence of rapid PCR test facilities of Covid-19 in Bangladesh airports.

At least 398 bodies of Bangladeshi migrants were sent from Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah region in the 2020-2021 fiscal year following efforts taken by the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah.

As many as 121 migrant workers have left the country on Friday for East African nation Seychelles, which emerged as a new market opportunity for Bangladesh in recent years.

Bangladesh has recently proposed the United Arab Emirates either designate or set up dedicated training institutes for migrant workers in Bangladesh with support of the UAE government, or private sector, or both. Bangladesh has also proposed the development of a suitable training module for workers wishing to be employed in the UAE.

Thirteen Bangladeshis rescued in the Mediterranean have returned to Dhaka today from Tunisia.

Many Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia are now facing uncertainty over their return home as confusion has arisen over a circular of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.

Experts at a webinar yesterday urged the government to address migrant workers’ wage theft claims at regional forums as well as during bilateral meetings with host countries.

A visa embargo imposed by South Korea on Bangladesh for the last four months has left potential migrant workers wishing to work in the East Asian country under its Employment Permit System in limbo.

Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended 10 Bangladeshis while attempting to enter India illegally today, an official of the paramilitary force said.

At least 11,510 Bangladeshi migrant workers have been repatriated from Malaysia under a special repatriation programme that began in November last year, Malaysian media reported on Tuesday.

Two Bangladeshis have been arrested by law enforcers in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly entering India illegally.

Remittance hit the lowest in five months due to post Eid hangover and lesser working days in the banking sector than a usual month.

Abdul Kader Parash lost his income three months ago due to sheer lack of clients at the motor garage he worked for in Kuala Lumpur.

At least 3,437 Bangladeshis died in different parts of Saudi Arabia, where the Bangladesh consulate general in Jeddah has its jurisdictionbetween July 2019 and June 2021.

Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants, including a number of Bangladeshis, from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean yesterday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

A total 394 migrants, including Bangladeshis, were rescued from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

Speakers at an online dialogue yesterday said a separate platform should be established by the government so that migrant workers can complain about wage theft that they face in the host countries.

The government and other stakeholders, including civil society groups, need to focus their efforts on advancing rights-based approaches to prevent exploitation of individuals by trafficking networks, participants said at a webinar yesterday.

According to a government estimate, around five lakh migrant workers lost their jobs and returned to the country in more than a year due to the effects of Covid-19.

The government is going to give Tk 13,500 and career counselling to 200,000 migrant workers who returned home amid the pandemic.