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.

7y ago
September 24, 2016
September 24, 2016

Stranded in Afghanistan: Repatriation of 25 workers uncertain

The return of 25 Bangladeshi workers, who have been stranded at a factory in Afghanistan for over eight months without work and

August 20, 2016
August 20, 2016

Hajj uncertain for 15,000 pilgrims

The fate of around 15,000 Hajj pilgrims of 143 private hajj agencies is hanging in the balance as the agencies are yet to arrange their

August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016

The untold miseries of 25 Bangladeshis in Afghanistan

Foreign remittance is definitely contributing to the country's rising development in many areas. Today, every year around eight million Bangladeshis across the globe are remitting about USD 15 billion, which has gradually been boosting the country's economy.

August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016

Longest, futile trip to US

Four Bangladeshi men left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a flight for Qatar in July, 2014. But Qatar was not their

August 12, 2016
August 12, 2016

Female victims slam minister for labelling some complaints false

Victims and their families have denounced Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam's claim last

August 3, 2016
August 3, 2016

First flight of Hajj pilgrims tomorrow

The first flight for Hajj pilgrims this year will commence on August 4, Thursday, from Hazrat Shahjajal International Airport to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.

July 3, 2016
July 3, 2016

Heartbreaking reunion

His plan was to surprise his family with a sudden visit from Qatar to celebrate Eid together.

July 2, 2016
July 2, 2016

2 lakh Bangladeshi workers register in Malaysia

More than two lakh undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers have registered their names with the Malaysian

June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016

Brokers active always

The atmosphere of the passport office in the capital's Agargaon was refreshingly different on the day of April 24, when Prime

June 26, 2016
June 26, 2016

Medicare costly for doctors' syndicate

A “syndicate” of some pro-Awami League Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad (Swachip) doctors and medical representatives at an eye hospital in the capital is allegedly making patients pay extra for contact lenses.