migrant worker
Ensuring decent and dignified work in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh continues its journey towards economic restructuring, it is imperative to create jobs that provide dignity and security for its people.
The relation between corruption and remittance
Many are sympathetic towards migrant workers for justifiable reasons.
A journey from protests to prison to pardon
Despite the pardon, the entire incident underscores the crucial need for stronger diplomatic ties and improved migrant labour rights.
Deportees from KSA: Neglect writ large as one dies
A deported migrant worker died and another one fell sick during their flight back to Dhaka from Saudi Arabia yesterday.
Worker outflow to Saudi Arabia climbs but remittance falls
The outflow of migrant workers from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia surged around four times in the last three years but remittance earnings from the country have kept falling, official figures showed.
The water tank with many holes
The man eager to pay back his debt is becoming a rarity. Yet, he represents the hardworking, honest Bangladesh that can bring real change to the system.
Returnee Migrant Workers / Maimed, many are left in the lurch
As Bangladesh sends tens of thousands of migrant workers abroad each year, scores return home prematurely after suffering various injuries or illnesses in the host countries
Is it Destination Death for our migrant workers?
Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Tash Aw's 'We, the Survivors' explores the human cost of progress
More than 4,000 wealthy Bangladeshis have invested in Malaysia’s expensive 10-year-residency visa programme. We, the Survivors deserves to be widely read in Bangladesh.
Ensuring decent and dignified work in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh continues its journey towards economic restructuring, it is imperative to create jobs that provide dignity and security for its people.
The relation between corruption and remittance
Many are sympathetic towards migrant workers for justifiable reasons.
A journey from protests to prison to pardon
Despite the pardon, the entire incident underscores the crucial need for stronger diplomatic ties and improved migrant labour rights.
Deportees from KSA: Neglect writ large as one dies
A deported migrant worker died and another one fell sick during their flight back to Dhaka from Saudi Arabia yesterday.
Worker outflow to Saudi Arabia climbs but remittance falls
The outflow of migrant workers from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia surged around four times in the last three years but remittance earnings from the country have kept falling, official figures showed.
The water tank with many holes
The man eager to pay back his debt is becoming a rarity. Yet, he represents the hardworking, honest Bangladesh that can bring real change to the system.
Maimed, many are left in the lurch
As Bangladesh sends tens of thousands of migrant workers abroad each year, scores return home prematurely after suffering various injuries or illnesses in the host countries
Is it Destination Death for our migrant workers?
Five hundred deaths a month. Is that natural?
Tash Aw's 'We, the Survivors' explores the human cost of progress
More than 4,000 wealthy Bangladeshis have invested in Malaysia’s expensive 10-year-residency visa programme. We, the Survivors deserves to be widely read in Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi worker’s posts “deliberately provocative”, Singapore ministry says
A migrant worker who was active in local literary circles and founded two community groups here has left Singapore after his work permit expired and was not renewed.