Migration

Migration

Migration of Bangladeshi female workers to Saudi Arabia drops 35pc

Only 26,834 female workers went to Saudi Arabia between January and September 2024, down from 41,327 workers during the same period last year

1w ago

Remittance rises 21% in October

Migrant Bangladeshis sent home $2.39 billion in October

2w ago

54 Bangladeshis return from Lebanon in first phase

The first batch of 54 Bangladeshi expatriates were repatriated today from Lebanon amid an ongoing conflict in the Middle Eastern country

4w ago

Bangladesh mission in Lebanon collecting info on migrants willing to return

Bangladesh embassy in Lebanon started collecting information on the migrants in the Middle Eastern country as Dhaka has decided to evacuate those who want to return home amid Israel's attacks on Lebanon

1m ago

Non-resident Bangladeshis can now get up to Tk 10 lakh in bank loans

Repayments will be made from the remittances sent home

1m ago

45 dead after two migrant boats sink off Djibouti: UN

At least 45 people have died after two migrant boats sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN's migration agency said Tuesday

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Remittance rises 80% in September

Migrant Bangladeshis sent in $2.40 billion in September, 8.12% higher than August

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9 dead, 48 missing after migrant boat sinks off Spanish island

A boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain's Canary islands overnight, killing at least nine people and leaving 48 missing, the national maritime rescue service said on Saturday

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Jamuna Bank gets nod to establish exchange house in Spain

Jamuna Bank Limited has received approval from the Bangladesh Bank to establish an exchange house in Spain.

1y ago

230 accounts of MFS providers frozen for hundi

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday froze 230 accounts of several mobile financial service providers as the accountholders were allegedly involved in hundi.

2y ago

Bangladesh a part of EU legal migration scheme

European Commissioner Ylva Johansson is coming to Bangladesh on a two-day visit today to advance legal migration from Bangladesh -- one of the four countries included in the European Union’s Talent Partnership.

2y ago

LIVE UPDATE: ‘Make dollar exchange rate free for Bangladesh’

The exchange rate of dollar needs to be freed to make the garment business profitable at this crisis time, said a top leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today.

2y ago

LIVE UPDATE: ‘Complacency responsible for falling forex reserve’

"Complacency has brought us to the current forex reserve situation,” said Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank.

2y ago

LIVE UPDATE: Come up with strategy now to stop depletion of forex reserves: Ahsan H Mansur

The government should come up with a clear strategy to stop fast depletion of the foreign currency reserves in a bid to save the country from a major crisis, said a noted economist today.

2y ago

LIVE UPDATE: Only external factors not responsible for Bangladesh’s economic volatility: Debapriya

The external factors are not only responsible for Bangladesh’s present economic volatility, rather there are some issues which remained unattended for a long time such as low revenue collection, absence of quality public expenditure and the non-performing loans, said noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya today.

2y ago

Banks withdraw service charge on remittance

Banks in Bangladesh today decided to withdraw service charge on remittances sent home by expatriate Bangladeshis with a view to gearing up the inflow.

2y ago

Which were October’s top remittance receiving banks?

Do we know which were the top remittance receiving banks in Bangladesh for the month?

2y ago

Remittance falls by 7.4% in Oct

Remittance declined further in October, intensifying the pressure on the government to manage its macroeconomy amid plummeting foreign exchange reserves.

2y ago