Belal Hossain Biplob

Brokers feast on passport-seekers

Kabir Mia yesterday went to the Agargaon passport office to get his MRP but he instead ended up being detained for forgery and handed over to the Rapid Action Battalion.

7y ago

[WATCH] 2 held for using false info in passport application

Officials at Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) detain a person and a suspected broker for allegedly using false information in passport application.

7y ago

Gone broke for broker

Hashem Rahman made a Tk 3.5 lakh contract with a local broker in Comilla to get a restaurant job in Oman in 2015. His poor family

7y ago

The plight of Aleya

Aleya Begum was happy to get a job as a domestic help at a police official's house in Saudi Arabia.

7y ago

Impunity a licence for crimes

People of Bangladesh will decide how long the ongoing trial of the perpetrators of 1971 crimes will continue, observed visiting Canadian lawyer William Sloan.

7y ago

Maksuda loses battle for life

Maksuda Begum, a divorcee for almost 20 years, had struggled to survive by fighting against her fate.

7y ago

Rising deaths abroad raising concerns

Five years back, Nazrul Islam from Munshiganj took a Tk 5-lakh loan from a local bank and ventured out to Malaysia where many Bangladeshis have tried their luck over the years.

7y ago

Exploited by employers

Malaysian employers are paying undocumented Bangladeshi workers wages much lower than the average, taking advantage of lack of legal protection for migrant workers, says a Malaysian migrant rights activist.

8y ago
March 21, 2017
March 21, 2017

Brokers feast on passport-seekers

Kabir Mia yesterday went to the Agargaon passport office to get his MRP but he instead ended up being detained for forgery and handed over to the Rapid Action Battalion.

March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017

[WATCH] 2 held for using false info in passport application

Officials at Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) detain a person and a suspected broker for allegedly using false information in passport application.

March 19, 2017
March 19, 2017

Gone broke for broker

Hashem Rahman made a Tk 3.5 lakh contract with a local broker in Comilla to get a restaurant job in Oman in 2015. His poor family

March 5, 2017
March 5, 2017

The plight of Aleya

Aleya Begum was happy to get a job as a domestic help at a police official's house in Saudi Arabia.

January 21, 2017
January 21, 2017

Impunity a licence for crimes

People of Bangladesh will decide how long the ongoing trial of the perpetrators of 1971 crimes will continue, observed visiting Canadian lawyer William Sloan.

January 18, 2017
January 18, 2017

Maksuda loses battle for life

Maksuda Begum, a divorcee for almost 20 years, had struggled to survive by fighting against her fate.

December 18, 2016
December 18, 2016

Rising deaths abroad raising concerns

Five years back, Nazrul Islam from Munshiganj took a Tk 5-lakh loan from a local bank and ventured out to Malaysia where many Bangladeshis have tried their luck over the years.

December 10, 2016
December 10, 2016

Exploited by employers

Malaysian employers are paying undocumented Bangladeshi workers wages much lower than the average, taking advantage of lack of legal protection for migrant workers, says a Malaysian migrant rights activist.

December 6, 2016
December 6, 2016

Safe workplaces not being ensured: Study

Construction companies operating in the Gulf region especially in the UAE and Qatar are failing to protect migrant workers from hazardous working environment, hinting at an alarming signal on the workers' safeguards in workplaces, said a survey report of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

November 20, 2016
November 20, 2016

A year gone yet wait not over

Around 50,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia are anxiously waiting for their machine readable passports (MRP) even after paying the fees over a year ago.