migrant workers
Save our migrants in Malaysia
Bangladeshi migrants face unmet promises and exploitative employers in Malaysia.
Migrating to a life of unemployment
End the exploitation, hold those responsible to account
Policy actions can aid reintegration of returnee migrants
The return and reintegration of migrants is an integral part of the migration cycle
Bangladesh must harness the potential of its diaspora
Fostering a conducive environment for expatriate contributions is vital
Relaxed incentive rules send remittance to a four-month high
Migrant workers sent home $1.98 billion in October, a four-month high, as banks stepped up efforts to woo more remittance buoyed by a relaxed central bank rule on incentive, a development that is expected to give some relief to a country reeling under the foreign exchange crisis.
Remittance hits four-month high
Migrant workers sent home $1.98 billion in October
A welcome step to utilise the diaspora
Government must build an effective mechanism to support its policy
Why the fall in remittances?
Take concrete steps to address loopholes in the system
Sold as cyber slaves
For unemployed 25-year-old Foysal Hossain, the job of a receptionist at an overseas institution with a monthly pay package worth around Tk 80,000 was a godsend opportunity.
How can we stop migrant workers’ deaths abroad?
Shobuj, a young man from Tangail, in his late twenties, was reluctant to comply with his supervisor’s instruction to enter a sewage pipe for maintenance work without an oxygen cylinder.
Migrant workers, police clash in Gujarat as India eases lockdown
Hundreds of migrant workers in India’s Gujarat looking to return home amid the nationwide Covid-19-enforced lockdown clash with police near a village in Surat district.
Bangladesh will bring back undocumented migrants once lockdown ends
Bangladesh has decided to bring back undocumented migrants as requested by some countries, once the shutdown over coronavirus ends.
Airport thief caught red-handed!
Absent-minded expatriates are his prey.
Will welcome Malaysia’s ‘zero-cost’ migration proposal: expatriates’ welfare minister
Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said he will welcome Malaysia's proposal on sending migrant workers to the Southeast Asian country under a "zero-cost" migration policy.
KSA deported 1,800 in 18 days
Saudi Arabia has sent back over 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers per day in the first 18 days of this month after detaining them on various grounds, according to Brac Migration Programme.
Protect female workers abroad
A parliamentary watchdog yesterday asked the foreign ministry to prepare a specific work plan to stop torture and sexual harassment of female expatriate workers, saying that even a single such incident was not acceptable.
Crackdown in KSA: 130 more back home
Some 130 more Bangladeshi migrant workers returned home from Saudi Arabia on Thursday night in the face of a crackdown on undocumented workers there.
Remittance Thru’ Formal Channels: Govt plans 3pc cash incentive
The government may give migrant workers a three percent cash incentive to encourage them to send remittance through official channels.
High migration cost is killing the workers
State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed yesterday said high migration cost was “killing migrant workers”.
