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
Remittances have multipurpose positive effects on rural economies, which enhances Bangladesh’s inclusive growth, according to economists.
Twenty-eight-year-old Ahmed Jamal, from Barishal, was working as a labourer in Oman since 2018. He was forced to return to Bangladesh during the pandemic. As a result, he lost his primary source of income along with the hefty recruitment fee he had paid to secure the job initially.
Remittance flow into Bangladesh will turn around in the long term helped by the rapid expansion of fin-tech-based companies despite the ongoing hiccups facing the key source of foreign currency for the country.
Engaging the country’s vast number of migrant workers and non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the national development process could open up a new area of economic development.
Thirty-seven Bangladeshis were among 600 migrants rescued in Mexico after they were crammed into two tractor-trailers, AFP reported quoting Mexico’s National Migration Institute.
A total of 600 people, including 37 Bangladeshis, were found hidden in the back of two trucks in eastern Mexico on Friday, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said on Saturday.
A Bangladeshi couple was arrested on Tuesday by police in the northeastern Indian state of Assam for illegally entering the country.
The inflow of remittance has been shrinking since the last several months as the number of people, going abroad, is decreasing and money transfers through informal channels like hundi are increasing with the ease of pandemic restrictions.
The flow of remittance to Bangladesh shrank further in October as money transfers through informal channels such as hundi might have returned with the ease of pandemic restrictions. Expatriate Bangladeshis sent $1.65 billion in October, down 4.6 per cent from one month earlier and 21.7 per cent year-on-year, according to data from Bangladesh Bank.
Four Bangladeshi youths were arrested yesterday in Karimganj district of Assam for entering India illegally.
