"Are you Akram's mother? How do I tell you that Akram is no more…?".Mobina Begum, mother of Akram Hossain, a migrant worker who was forcefully made to fight for Russia by human traffickers in its war against Ukraine, got a call from his fellow Bangladeshi fighter from Kishoreganj on Thursd
The deceased is Md Gias Uddin Mia, 55, a resident of Mrigi village of Faridpur Sadar upazila
Sohag Mia, a 28-year-old resident of Kalipur Dakshinpara in Bhairab municipality, Kishoreganj, has reportedly died in Libya while in the custody of human traffickers
The number of bodies of Bangladeshi migrants arriving from abroad rose to a record high in 2024, with a total of 4,813 corpses received by the authorities last year.
For over a year now, parents in Palestine have mourned their children, families have grieved over their homes turned to dust, as thousands were killed by Israel's genocide on the Gaza Strip.
Councillor Nasima Begum has been elected as the mayor of Lowestoft for the municipal year 2024-2025
Mobs attacked medical students, including Bangladeshis and Indians, in Kyrgyzstani capital Bishkek on Friday and now they are staying indoors fearing further attacks.
A journey to Malaysia, a dream of a better life. Driven by the hope of securing a job with a decent payday, Md Shofiqul Islam, 33, of Pabna, went to Malaysia five months ago. Little did he know that this aspiration would spiral into despair and eventual demise.
The Bangladesh embassy in Bahrain, with support from the Wage Earners' Welfare Board, has launched a legal support service for the Bangladeshi expatriates in the Gulf country
The families of four Faridpur youths, who, according to a human trafficker, were on the recently capsized boat in the Mediterranean Sea, are worried sick as they are yet to get any news about the youths
Unskilled or low-skilled workers are often involved in risky, difficult, and laborious jobs in the scorching heat. Apart from the unforgiving heat, work hours reaching 12 to 18 hours,
South Korea will arrange insurance money for more than 300 Bangladeshi workers who returned from Korea without collecting the amount that they were entitled to.
More than 1,000 Bangladeshi undocumented migrants have enlisted their names at the Bangladesh embassy in Greece for a regularisation process of the Greek government, which is yet to start.
When word of the family's eldest son's death during a vacation in Mexico reached them two weeks ago, the family of four were heartbroken.
Lebanon police have detained four Bangladeshis in connection with the death of a Bangladeshi expat there.
Bangladeshi migrant workers continued to face financial hardship in Lebanon, while many found it difficult to remit money home after making ends meet, due to a prolonged economic crisis there.
On a British sunny afternoon when the entire nation was celebrating Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in a four day weekend from Thursday, June 2 till Sunday, June 5, I was off to North London to see another elderly who had become a celebrity in his own rights and rose to fame at the age of 100 when he decided to raise funds during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Since then, he has become an iconic figure in the Bengali community and is lovingly called Dabir Chacha.
Students of University of Rome Tor Vergata were told the story of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
