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Sketch: TBS

Professor Tasneem Siddiqui: A life dedicated to migration research

After decades of teaching at Dhaka University, Professor Tasneem Siddiqui recently retired. We look back at her career which shed light upon advocacy and establishing a framework for studying...

Record manpower export in FY24, but will it continue?

Record manpower export in FY24, but will it continue?

Jannatul Naym Pieal, Sketch: TBS

How Bangladeshis being 'scapegoated' ahead of UK election

One of the cars of the Dubai Taxi service. Photo: Collected

'Dubai Taxi' to hire 2000 taxi drivers, bikers from Bangladesh every year: State Minister

Expatriate workers working on construction project. File Photo: Collected

Manpower exporters demand budget allocation to explore Europe and developed countries' labour markets

People walk on a street in Dubai, UAE. File Photo: Collected

The 5 countries millionaires are leaving the most and the 5 they're going to

Around 1,28,000 millionaires worldwide are expected to relocate in 2024. Photo: Collected

For some Indian millionaires, this country is the top choice to shift to in 2024. Hint: It's not US

Migration cost soars as 52% of workers rely on brokers to go abroad: BBS

Migration cost soars as 52% of workers rely on brokers to go abroad: BBS

Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim speaking to reporters at the Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment office on 5 June. Photo: Collected

Malaysia won't reconsider extending deadline for Bangladeshi workers: High commissioner

They pressed forth their demands at a protest rally of the Sramik Adhikar Parishad in front of the capital’s National Press Club today (4 June). Photo: TBS

Workers who couldn't make it to Malaysia want their money back

47,809 Bangladeshis flew to Malaysia in May – highest since labour market reopened in 2022

47,809 Bangladeshis flew to Malaysia in May – highest since labour market reopened in 2022

Infographics: TBS

What's keeping Bangladeshis stuck in low-skilled overseas jobs?

State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury in a meeting with Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro on 21 May. Photo: Courtesy

Do not pay anyone for visas, or work permits: Italian envoy