In search of work, caught in war
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Manpower fraud
12 Bangladeshis killed in Middle East war: Expatriates' welfare minister
9 July 2026, 18:32 PM
Migration
Record $35.5 billion remittance came in FY26
1 July 2026, 17:46 PM
Business
7 Malaysian MPs raise monopoly concerns over Turap recruitment platform
29 June 2026, 20:47 PM
Migration
The hidden tax on Bangladesh's diaspora
29 June 2026, 18:52 PM
Business
‘Take steps to bring back our loved ones’
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Migration
Ahead of Malaysia trip, PM urged to end recruitment syndicate system
17 June 2026, 21:44 PM
Migration
She left Bangladesh with hope; returned pregnant and broken
4 June 2026, 00:36 AM
Migration
Italy-bound fortune seekers: Scarred, they return to debt and isolation
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Undocumented
Remittance crosses $3 billion mark for sixth consecutive month
1 June 2026, 18:15 PM
Business
New migrant caravans leaving Honduras to pursue American dream
Hundreds of asylum seekers are forming new migrant caravans in Honduras, planning to walk thousands of kilometers through Central America to the United States via Guatemala and Mexico, in search of a better life under the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
15 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Let Bangladeshi workers return to Malaysia
Dhaka has requested Kuala Lumpur to allow the Bangladeshi migrants, who got stranded after coming here on leave due to the pandemic, to return to their workplaces in Malaysia.
8 January 2021, 18:00 PM
EU denounces conditions for migrants in Bosnia
The living conditions of hundreds of homeless migrants in Bosnia, bordering the European Union, are “completely unacceptable”, EU envoy Johann Sattler said Saturday.
3 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Malaysia to launch multi-lingual app for workers to expose errant employers
The Malaysian Human Resource Ministry will introduce a new application that will enable a two-way communication between the government and local and foreign workers, Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan has said.
26 December 2020, 16:16 PM
Forcing migrant workers to wear wristbands is discriminatory and criminalises them: Malaysian NGO
Making it compulsory for all migrant workers to wear wristbands would be a discriminatory move, says Tenaganita, a non-governmental organisation in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
19 November 2020, 10:21 AM
Kuwait won’t renew work, residency permits for expats aged 60 years and above
Decision to take effect from January 1, 2020 with maximum 3 months’ deadline for departure
14 November 2020, 18:11 PM
Stranded in Ethiopia’s conflict zone: 104 Bangladeshi expats rescued
A UN convoy has rescued 104 Bangladeshi expatriates in Ethiopia with the help of Bangladesh’s foreign ministry and the Bangladesh embassy in Addis Ababa.
14 November 2020, 12:30 PM
Malaysia to begin implementing plans regarding undocumented migrants’ status from Nov 16
The Malaysian government will implement two plans involving undocumented migrants, including regulating their presence in the country by ensuring that they are legally employed, Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has announced.
12 November 2020, 14:04 PM
Saudi Arabia to relax foreign workers’ sponsorship terms in March 2021
Saudi Arabia announces new plans to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions, improving a controversial seven-decade-old sponsorship system known as kafala.
4 November 2020, 13:32 PM
Malaysia has agreed to reopen labour market for Bangladeshis: ministry
Malaysia has agreed to reopen its labour market for Bangladeshi migrant workers soon, according to a press release of expatriates’ welfare ministry.
15 October 2020, 12:54 PM
Flight to repatriate 170 Bangladeshis from war-torn Libya suspended
The chartered flight that was expected to repatriate a group of 170 Bangladeshis from war-torn Libya has been suspended today.
22 September 2020, 14:33 PM
Irregularities in overseas job sector will not be tolerated: Minister
The government will not tolerate any irregularities in the overseas employment sector, says Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmad.
5 January 2020, 07:42 AM
Govt to introduce insurance schemes for migrant workers
The government will bring Bangladeshi migrant workers under two compulsory insurance schemes of Tk 2 lakh and Tk 5 lakh in a bid to provide financial security to them and their family members.
11 December 2019, 13:43 PM
A MIGRANT'S VOYAGE
Md Helal Uddin, a 29-year-old young man from Bangladesh, has been languishing in the prisons of Papua New Guinea (PNG) for almost a month.
11 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Going up the Americas
That Bangladeshis migrate to far-flung parts of the world is nothing new—undertaking long, dangerous, and expensive journeys to reach countries in Europe, East Asia, Africa, and even the Americas.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The struggle to return home
In the last three years, more than 2000 Bengalis in Pakistan's Karachi have applied for Travel Permits (TP) to return to Bangladesh. A TP is equivalent to a one-time passport, which the Bangladesh Embassy provides to individuals it believes belong to Bangladesh.
5 July 2018, 18:00 PM
The European Dream
Rubel Ahmed from Sylhet had gone to the UK on a short-term working holiday visa in 2009 and started working as a chef. After working at several restaurants and starting to send money home, the 26-year-old applied for leave to remain in the UK. Denied, he was detained and sent to Morton hall immigration removal centre in Lincolnshire (with others awaiting deportation) in July 2014, according to UK reports.
28 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt urges citizens not to visit Syria on security grounds
Amid serious deterioration of security situation, Bangladesh government has urged its citizens not to undertake any visit to Syria.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP unveils logo, slogan for March 19 council
BNP yesterday unveiled the logo, theme and slogan of its forthcoming sixth national council.
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM
27pc girls unaware of tech education benefit
A considerable number of girls are still unaware of the prospect of technical education although the government has been giving utmost priority to this skill-based study, deemed crucial for industrial growth and national development.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM