Bangladeshi workers

How Bangladeshi workers continue to suffer from Kafala rules in UAE
Migration

How Bangladeshi workers continue to suffer from Kafala rules in UAE

Around 15 lakh Bangladeshis work in the UAE, the second-largest labour destination after Saudi Arabia

Two Memoranda of Understanding were signed at the seminar titled “Bangladesh Seminar on Human Resources,” in Tokyo on 29 May 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
Bangladesh

Japan to recruit 100,000 Bangladeshi workers over next 5 years

Asif Nazrul, adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, holds a meeting with Qatari Labour Minister Ali bin Saeed bin Samikh Al Marri on the sidelines of the Global Labour Market Conference in Riyadh on 29 January 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Asif Nazrul urges Qatar to provide insurance for natural death of Bangladeshi workers

Infographic: TBS
Migration

Migration costs for workers still high despite govt assurances

The Saudi Embassy in Dhaka held a press briefing on the occasion of distributing sacrificial meat for marginalised Bangladeshi people today (15 December). Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia issues 4,000 to 6,000 visas per day to Bangladeshi workers: Envoy

Libyan Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulmutalib SM Saliman called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his office in Tejgaon on Sunday (10 November). Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Libya keen to hire more Bangladeshi workers

Chief Adviser Dr Yunus welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Dhaka airport on 4 October 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Malaysian PM pledges immediate attention to 18,000 fresh entries from Bangladesh

A file photo of State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury speaking to media. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

70% Malaysia-bound workers, who failed to board plane, refunded: State minister

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud talks to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka on 14 July. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Italy, Germany, Greece and Romania to take 3,000 Bangladeshi workers: Foreign minister

Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman Abdul Ghaffar Bin Abdul Karim Al-Bulushi called on Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud at the secretariat on Sunday (7 July). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Temporary ban on Bangladeshi workers 'apolitical and under review': Oman ambassador

Flags of Bangladesh and Japan. Illustration: Collected
Economy

Japan keen on skilled Bangladeshi workers, offers infrastructure loans

Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

JS body for quick action based on probe report on failure to send workers to Malaysia

Flag of Saudi Arabia. Picture: Collected
Bangladesh

No Saudi clearance without embassy attestation: BMET