Bangladeshi workers arrested in Malaysia on charges of involvement in terrorism were sending money to the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Bangladesh, Malaysian police chief Khalid Ismail has claimed.
Malaysia is expected to recruit a maximum of 30,000 to 40,000 workers from Bangladesh over the next year, said Asif Nazrul, adviser to the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.
Remittance in Bangladesh crossed $30 billion for the first time and rose by a record $6.4 billion in the fiscal year 2024-25.
Remittance inflows crossed the $30 billion mark on Saturday, two days before the fiscal year is due to end, making it the highest receipts yet in Bangladesh’s history.
Malaysian police have detained 36 Bangladeshi nationals who were found to be directly “involved in a radical militant movement”, reports Malaysian outlet New Straits Times.
Despite high hopes, the budget did not introduce any new initiatives aimed at improving migrant workers' welfare, standard of living, healthcare, or security
Bangladesh recorded a sharp rise in remittance inflows in May, as migrant workers sent more money home in the run-up to Eid-ul-Azha, which falls in early June.
He stresses need for more skilled workers amid shifting global labour demands
Bangladeshis will continue to have the opportunity of applying for employment in Italy through the legal process as seasonal and non-seasonal workers in various sectors.
Malaysia’s agreement with Bangladesh on labour intake is shrouded in so much secrecy that even employers and agents do not have any access to details, reports a Free Malaysia Today opinion piece penned by K Parkaran.
“Media reports on recruiting syndicates for Malaysia are nothing but trash,” remarked Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, while talking to The Daily Star yesterday.
A total of 25 Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and 250 sub-agencies are expected to be involved in the recruitment of migrant workers for Malaysia, reports news portal Malaysiakini citing sources.
Migrant workers from Bangladesh may soon be able to go to Greece by legal means as the two countries are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard next month.
Some 92 Bangladeshi workers left Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Korea today through chartered flights operated by a Korean air company as the government of the East Asian nation resumed receiving foreign workers.
Remittance slightly increased in the just concluded year after experiencing a falling trend in the last couple of months.
The government has increased cash incentive on remittance to 2.5 per cent from 2 per cent to encourage migrants to use proper channels to send money home.
Migration of Bangladeshi workers is set to increase by one and a half times of what was amid the pandemic last year, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) said yesterday.
With current trends, migration of Bangladeshi workers likely increased by one-and-a-half times this year than what was amid the pandemic last year, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit said today.
