migrant workers
A welcome move for migrant workers
Dedicated lounge at the Dhaka airport highlights the critical role of remittance earners.
Pope says migrant workers need 'a fair wage'
There are an estimated 170 million migrant workers around the world -- about five percent of the global workforce -- according to the International Labour Organization.
Break the syndicates, not the dreams of Malaysia-bound workers
It appears that the government is not interested in taking even the minimal responsibilities regarding the migrant workers.
Must history repeat itself with the Malaysian labour market?
Address recurring irregularities, investigate high-level officials involved in the corrupt process in both countries
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.
19 brokers sending Bangladeshis to Libya illegally identified
At least 19 Bangladeshi brokers, who are allegedly cheating and trafficking fellow countrymen into Libya illegally, are identified, say officials at Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli.
Saarc countries to formulate common standards on facilities to migrant workers
Concerned authorities of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) join hands to formulate minimum common standards regarding facilities to migrant workers.
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.
Govt signs deal to send 15 lakh workers to Malaysia
Bangladesh inks deal with Malaysia to send 15 lakh workers in three years under government-to-government (G2G) Plus system. Under the deal, Bangladeshi labours will be recruited in almost every sector including constructions, manufactures and services.
200 workers complain of cheating
Over 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers, who have been repatriated by their employer from Iraq, yesterday brought allegations of cheating against their recruiting agency and demanded proper compensation from it.
Malaysia slaps levy on migrant workers
Around 3 lakh registered Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia would have to pay the levy previously paid by their employers as the country yesterday imposed a new levy on foreign workers.
Saudi firms stop hiring 'costly domestics' from Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia’s recruitment offices have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi workers claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, reports an Arab English daily, Arab News.
Protecting the rights of migrant workers
With an aim to protect the rights of Bangladesh's economic migrants by enhancing the capacity of National Human Rights Commission, the UNDP-Bangladesh has recently published a study report titled 'Protecting Migrant Workers from Bangladesh: A Study of Legal Compliance with Migrant Workers' Rights' (2014).
Unskilled, trapped in foreign lands
Alauddin Mollick, son of landless poor farmer Shahadat Mollick, had to drop out from school when he was in ninth grade due to abject poverty.
Migrants victims of government’s euphemistic policy
Amid increasing problems and miseries many migrant workers underwent in the recent weeks, Indonesia government proudly announced that remittances sent by migrant workers earned the country 105 trillion rupiah (US$8.4 billion) in 2014, a significant increase from 70.6 trillion rupiah a year ago.