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After 17 days at sea, the migrants reach the Thai coast, where traffickers transfer them onto smaller speedboats and move them deep into the surrounding hill forests near the border. Photo: Reuters

As legal migration to Malaysia stalls, desperate Bangladeshis turn to deadly sea routes

For young men in Bangladesh’s villages, Malaysia has long carried the promise of being the only route out of poverty. But now, a deadly trafficking route involving sea journeys, Thai jungle camps,...

Expatriate Welfare Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury briefs reporters after a meeting with the visiting Qatari Labour Minister Ali bin Samikh Al Marri in Dhaka on 18 May/ Courtesy

Crackdown on syndicates underway to restore Malaysia job market: Minister

State Minister Nurul Haque Nur speaks to reporters after a meeting with the prime minister at the Secretariat on 24 March 2026. Screengrab

Malaysian labour market to remain shut if conditions not met, warns Nur

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Malaysia's Sarawak to recruit Bangladeshi workers

Bestinet Founder Aminul Islam. Photo: Malaysiakini

Malaysia plans to use labour tycoon Aminul Islam's new migrant worker system, Bloomberg reports

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Hopes revive for reopening Malaysian labour market to Bangladeshi workers

Logo of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira). Photo: Collected

Baira members submit memorandum to keep Malaysia labour market free from syndicates

File photo of Ariful Haque Chowdhury. Photo: collected

Trying to reopen Malaysian labour market: Minister on 8 April visit

PVT Solana. Photo: Collected

Ship carrying 34,000 tonnes of diesel from Malaysia arrives at Ctg Port

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'BookTok' vs 'Brain rot': A Malaysian bookstore's novel cure for 'doomscrolling'

Representational image of Malaysia capital Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Collected

Malaysia is the first country to cancel the US tariff agreement

Badges are displayed during the sixth annual remembrance event for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 7, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Families of flight MH370 passengers urge Malaysia to extend search

Badges are displayed during the sixth annual remembrance event for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 7, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Families of flight MH370 passengers urge Malaysia to extend search