migration

Bangladeshi photojournalist chronicles Ukrainians in flight

Upon his arrival in the small town of Chop, located in western Ukraine, Ismail Ferdous witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences of war.
2 April 2022

High migration cost is killing the workers

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed yesterday said high migration cost was “killing migrant workers”.
4 May 2019

Migration Myths vs Economic Facts

On December 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular
4 March 2019

Migration fraud

It's no secret that the path to Bangladesh's success in labour migration is covered in prickles.
21 July 2017

Getting migration governance right

More than 4,300 migrants have died this year trying to reach their destinations. In the Mediterranean Sea alone, 3,200 people have perished, and in the Andaman Sea, just east of the Bay of Bengal, thousands of migrants have been stranded on boats with nowhere to land, or have been held hostage by their traffickers.
22 September 2016

The Migration Superpowers

We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own – a republic of the rootless – it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, with a population of more than 240 million people.
22 April 2016

EU delegation arrives in Dhaka

Amid growing concern over illegal migration to Europe, a high-powered delegation from the European Union has arrived on a three-day visit.
4 April 2016

Experts caution against anomalies

The deal signed by Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur yesterday leaves a legacy of controversies and creates chances of corruption and labour exploitation like that during 2007-08, experts and industry insiders have said.
18 February 2016

From the frying pan to the fire?

If the last two centuries were of inconclusive and asymmetrical globalisation, the present one deserves to be called the century of migration.
28 January 2016

Promises to keep in 2016

If we want to achieve the targets established by the Global Goals for maternal health, child health, and infectious disease, we will have to double R&D funding by 2020.
22 January 2016

Do you know all the surprising facts about Hummingbirds?

There are many surprising facts about Hummingbirds you probably do not know about.
18 January 2016

Closed door policy unhelpful

East European member countries of the European Union (EU) have effectively scuttled the whole issue of significant Syrian migration to the common market.
5 October 2015

A Quiet Repose

Aylan Kurdi, another sweet and innocent child, laid in eternal slumber on a Turkish beach, claimed by the horrendous cruelty, imbecilic greed, and unfathomable excesses of a world gone astray, a world nurtured by those who control it for profit and frolic.
8 September 2015

Good news for recruitment agencies!

After a lull of nearly six years, there is talk about resumption of private recruiting agencies supplying expatriate labourers to the Malaysian market.
24 June 2015

'Migration is the symptom' of despair: UN rights chief

UN rights chief says the multitude of migration crises facing the world are symptoms of a long line of brutal conflicts and rights violations.
15 June 2015

The off-course task force

Taj Mohammad Baloch, a motor mechanic from Karachi town of Lyari, has worked in Oman, Iran and the United Arab Emiraes and speaks highly of his experiences there.
15 June 2015

Tragedy on the high seas

It is undeniably true that the unstable political situation in the country, closure of once vibrant industries like jute, textile, steel, aluminum and glass...
22 May 2015

Migrant crisis: EU quota plan to take 20,000 refugees

The European Commission has unveiled a new blueprint for dealing with the EU's migration crisis, including a controversial plan for national quotas.
13 May 2015

Migrant deaths renew pressure on EU

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi calls for more European Union action on sea migration after the latest deadly capsize of a boat in the Mediterranean.
20 April 2015