Bangladeshi workers
Workers’ lives on the edge
Purchasing power of factory workers in the capital and its outskirts has fallen sharply amid surging inflation.
Govt plans to send 8.10 lakh workers abroad in 2022-23
The government has worked out a plan to send 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers abroad and provide skills development training to 5.20 lakh in the current fiscal year (2022-23).
53 workers left for Malaysia as labour market opens after 3 years
A total of 53 workers left for Malaysia last night (August 8, 2022) as the nation's labour market was opened to Bangladesh since it ceased accepting workers in 2019.
Let Bangladeshi workers come, demands Malaysian employment agency
Bangladeshi workers should be allowed into Malaysia to address its shortage of workers in crucial sectors, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma), in a call to Putrajaya.
‘Consider past factors behind closure of Malaysian market to Bangladeshi workers’
Bangladesh Civil Society for Migrants (BCSM) today called upon both Bangladesh and Malaysia governments to avert repeat of past mistakes including “syndication” that led to closure of the Malaysian market to Bangladeshi workers.
Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshis to reopen after Covid-19 situation turns normal: Expatriates’ welfare minister
The labour market for Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia will resume only after the Covid-19 situation turns normal in the Southeast Asian country, Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said today.
Dhaka urges Kuala Lumpur to finalise protocol on employment of workers
Bangladesh has urged Malaysia to finalise protocol amending the MoU between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Bangladesh (G2G plus) on the employment of workers.
Consider interests of Bangladeshi workers during pandemic: Dhaka to host countries
Dhaka today urged the countries which host migrant workers, to consider the interests of Bangladeshi expatriates sympathetically in the present context of Covid-19 pandemic.
Stranded Saudi returnees: Expatriates’ welfare minister seeks till Monday to resolve crisis
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has sought till Monday to resolve the ongoing crisis over return of several thousand stranded Bangladeshi expatriate workers to Saudi Arabia.
Malaysia freezes intake of all foreign workers, including Bangladeshis
The Malaysian government decides to suspend the recruitment of all foreign workers to Malaysia, including those from Bangladesh, says its Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Malaysia slaps levy on migrant workers
Around 3 lakh registered Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia would have to pay the levy previously paid by their employers as the country yesterday imposed a new levy on foreign workers.
Cops say didn’t find Singapore returnees’ link with IS, al-Qaeda
Police in Dhaka say they have not found any link of the 26 Bangladeshi workers, who were deported by Singapore over their alleged support for armed jihad of Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
150 Bangladeshi maids flee from KSA employers in 7 months
At least 150 Bangladeshi housemaids have escaped from their employers in Saudi Arabia in last seven months, Saudi Gazette reports quoting Makkah daily.
Libya boat sink: 25 survivors return home
Twenty-five Bangladeshis, who survived after two boats capsized off Libyan coast on August 24, return home.
Rise in the number of female migrant workers
It is promising that the number of female migrant workers from Bangladesh has increased from 37,304 in 2012 to 76,007 in 2014, even though overall migration of Bangladeshi workers has declined by 30 percent over the same period.
Good news for recruitment agencies!
After a lull of nearly six years, there is talk about resumption of private recruiting agencies supplying expatriate labourers to the Malaysian market.
2 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi cylinder blast
Two Bangladeshi workers are killed in a gas cylinder explosion in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam on Wednesday.
Foreign trips galore
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia are three of the largest destinations for Bangladeshi expatriate workers.
Tragedy on the high seas
It is undeniably true that the unstable political situation in the country, closure of once vibrant industries like jute, textile, steel, aluminum and glass...