human traffickers

2 get life term for trafficking 2 newborn babies

A Dhaka tribunal sentences two people including a woman to life term imprisonment in a case filed for trafficking two newborn babies in Dhaka in 2006.

30 Rohingyas rescued from 'traffickers'

Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday rescued 30 Rohingyas, including women and children, from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia.

23 human trafficking ‘agents’ nabbed by Thai police

The Thai police arrests 23 human-trafficking “agents” as part of a major operation to prevent the country's south from becoming a transit destination for migrants trying to cross illegally into Malaysia.

Migration for Bangladeshis: Still fraught with trafficking risks

The number of Bangladeshis working abroad is increasing every year but their safe migration still remains a big challenge for the government, posing a threat to the country's top remittance-earning sector.

Human trafficking racket busted

Saddam went to Libya around a year back spending Tk 4 lakh. He nurtured dreams of a financially solvent future and was determined to work hard for it, even if it meant being continents away from home.

Editorial / Fighting human trafficking

Despite the continuous hue and cry about human trafficking (in the media), very little has actually been done to fight the menace...

7 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka

Law enforcers detain seven people in and around Dhaka in connection with collecting money as ransom from migrant workers after sending them to Sudan and Libya.

Two ‘human traffickers’ held in Teknaf

Police today has claimed arrest of two human traffickers from Teknaf upazilla of Cox’s Bazar.

11 ‘traffickers’ held in Dhaka, 2 female victims rescued

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest 11 alleged human traffickers in Paltan area of Dhaka and rescue two female trafficking victims.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

5 ‘listed’ traffickers held in Cox’s Bazar

Police detain five suspected human traffickers during crackdowns at different places in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Unregistered Rohingya among 150 repatriated Bangladeshis

Detectives have identified an unregistered Rohingya among the 150 Bangladeshis, who were repatriated from Myanmar on Monday after months of ordeal.

May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015

3 ‘traffickers’ held, 2 victims rescued in Dhaka

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detain three alleged human traffickers and rescue two victims in separate places in the capital.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Bangladesh suggests 'external factors' for trafficking, migration

Bangladesh insists that poverty is not necessarily the main driver pushing her people into the hands of traffickers.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

TORTURED, KILLED AND ABANDONED

On May 1, 2015, a shallow mass grave was discovered by some villagers collecting mushrooms deep inside a jungle of Thailand's Songkhla province.

May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015

Only 1 body per grave found at trafficking camps: Malaysia

The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, says Malaysia's deputy home minister.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Should fortune-seekers be punished?

In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.

May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015

An insensitive remark

WE find the prime minister's remarks on taking steps against illegal migrants along with human traffickers inhumane and insensitive.

May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015

Diplomats to determine ‘Bangladeshis’ in Malaysia mass graves

Bangladesh High Commission will be in touch with Kuala Lumpur to determine whether the mass graves, believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants in Malaysia, are of Bangladesh citizens.

May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015

Fake government officials being trafficked abroad

AMIDST the grisly reports of human trafficking through the seas comes another shocker : Bangladeshis, posing as government officials, entering foreign countries with fake passports.