Libya
174 Bangladeshis return home from Libyan detention centre
They had attempted to reach Europe through irregular routes and were repatriated from Benghazi with IOM assistance
18 August 2026
23 Bangladeshis rescued in Libya
The Bangladesh mission thanked law enforcers in Misrata for the quick and effective move
2 April 2025
28 migrants found dead in Libya mass grave
It said the grave was found after a raid on a human trafficking site
10 February 2025
Libya condemns killing of 26 Bangladeshis
Libya has condemned the killings of 26 Bangladeshis by Libyan human traffickers in Mizdah and said it would bring the killers to book.
1 June 2020
29 Bangladeshis return home from Libya
Twenty-nine Bangladeshis, who remained stranded in the turbulent Libyan capital Tripoli and its suburbs, returned home early yesterday.
2 July 2019
500 stranded in Tripoli
Around 500 Bangladeshis may have been stranded in two locations of Libya, about 200-kilometre off to the country’s capital, amid fighting between UN-backed Libyan government and Libyan National Army.
18 April 2019
90 migrants feared drowned after boat capsizes off Libya: UN
About 90 people were feared drowned after a smuggler's boat mostly carrying Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast early Friday, the UN.'s migration agency says.
2 February 2018
Kidnap abroad, ransom here
They have been held hostage in Libya and tortured brutally by fellow Bangladeshis. Video clips of their sufferings have then been sent to their relatives by members of the network here asking for ransom.
10 September 2017
Libyan port ‘re-taken from IS’
Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State.
11 June 2016
Shipwrecks off Libyan coast, up to 700 feared dead
At least 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says.
29 May 2016
Migrant crisis: Dozens feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast while some 50 have been rescued by EU vessels from the sea.
26 May 2016
19 brokers sending Bangladeshis to Libya illegally identified
At least 19 Bangladeshi brokers, who are allegedly cheating and trafficking fellow countrymen into Libya illegally, are identified, say officials at Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli.
6 May 2016
Refund 74 workers’ money deposited to go to Libya, SC tells recruitment agencies
The Supreme Court today directed the concerned recruitment agencies to refund the money with 10 percent interest deposited by 74 Bangladeshi workers for going to war-torn country Libya in next three months.
2 May 2016
84 migrants still missing after boat sinks off Libya: IOM
Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
30 April 2016
UN refugee agency fears 500 dead in Mediterranean shipwreck
The UN refugee agency says it feared around 500 migrants from Africa had drowned in the Mediterranean after witnesses said their overcrowded boat sank.
20 April 2016
2 Bangladeshis rescued in Libya
Libyan police rescued two Bangladeshi youths yesterday, three days after they had been abducted from about 30 kilometres off Misrata, Libya.
28 March 2016
3 Bangladeshis killed in Benghazi ‘gunbattle’
Three Bangladeshi migrant workers are killed in a gunfight between two rival groups Benghazi of North Africa’s war torn country Libya.
27 March 2016
2 Bangladeshi expats picked up in Libya, family says
Two Bangladeshi expatriates are picked up by unidentified people in Tripoli of Libya, family members claimed.
26 March 2016
No Bangladeshi among 600 rescued in Libya
Bangladesh ministry and consul officials say they find no Bangladeshi nationals among the 600 rescued by Libyan coast guards.
20 March 2016
Italy rescues 910 boat migrants in the Strait of Sicily
Nearly 600 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan African countries and Bangladesh are rescued by Libyan coast guards.
20 March 2016