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.
Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli confirms
Libya's official government bans Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many try to travel to Europe by boat illegally, a government spokesman says.
IS takes Bangladeshi hostage in Libya
A Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreigners has been taken hostage allegedly by Islamic State from an oil field, south of Sirte in Libya
Technical skills development
WHAT is now an established fact is that Bangladesh is a major supplier of labour in international markets. However, the country provides workers in the lower value segment of overseas labour market.