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
April 9, 2015
Anowar thought he had only minutes to live
One of the two Bangladeshi returnees who were abducted by unidentified terrorists in Libya talks to The Daily Star about their ordeal.
March 24, 2015
First Bangladeshi batch to reach Malaysia by April
The first batch of Bangladeshi migrants to work in palm gardens in Sarawak province of Malaysia may reach there by the first week of
March 19, 2015
30 lakh expats may lose jobs
About 30 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers could lose their jobs and face deportation as they would be carrying the old passports
March 12, 2015
Bangladeshis to be relocated if crisis deepens
The government considers relocating the Bangladeshi workers from Libya to other North African countries if the situation there
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