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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...
103 Bangladeshis return from Myanmar
A total of 103 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have been repatriated from Myanmar.
2 human traffickers held in Cox’s Bazar
Police, in a drive, arrested two human traffickers in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
Editorial / A grave trafficking crisis
The 'discovery' of yet more mass graves along the heavily-forested Malaysia-Thailand border makes the case that the Southeast Asia human trafficking disaster is far from being over.
159 Bangladeshi brought back from Myanmar
A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, are brought back to Bangladesh.
159 more to return from Myanmar tomorrow
159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, are scheduled to return home tomorrow.
25 more trafficking victims return from Indonesia
Twenty five more Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have returned home from Indonesia, four months after they were rescued from the Andaman Sea.
63 trafficking victims returning home
Sixty three Bangladeshi trafficking victims -- 39 rescued from Andaman Sea by the Thailand authorities and 24 from Indonesia -- will return home.
To combat human trafficking
A series of news on human trafficking across the sea route of Cox's Bazar have been getting highlighted in national and international media in recent days.
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.
150 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Myanmar
A total of 150 Bangladeshi trafficking victims rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21 finally return home.
Hotline for info on trafficking victims
Migrant rights workers launch hotline numbers in Bangladesh and Malaysia to facilitate the passage of information of the rescued trafficking victims to the aggrieved families.
EXODUS TO NOWHERE
Thousands of Bangladeshis have been trafficked to South-East Asian Countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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.
Should fortune-seekers be punished?
In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.
An insensitive remark
WE find the prime minister's remarks on taking steps against illegal migrants along with human traffickers inhumane and insensitive.
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.
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...
Myanmar in first migrant boat rescue
Myanmar has rescued two migrant boats holding more than 200 people in its waters near the border with Bangladesh.