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Scams, smuggling, battlefields: How flawed vetting sent our workers into harm's way

Over the past 18 months, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) granted official emigration clearance to 15,921 Bangladeshis to travel to Cambodia.

Healthcare Card Distribution programme by Dhaka South, 16 June 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Dhaka South distributes healthcare cards to 1,000 sanitation workers

A general view shows SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, 12 May, 2026, during a media event for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Photo: UNB/AP

Stadium workers near Los Angeles authorise strike ahead of US's World Cup opening match

Workers began a blockade on Tejgaon Link Road disrupting traffic in the area for a short period around 11am on 4 June 2026. Photo: Screengrab

Workers withdraw Tejgaon road blockade after 7 hours over unpaid wages, allowances

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected

Tea Workers Day: How tea workers' lives are spent listening to promises

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS

Historic May Day today

Plantation owner Ismail said the workers were taken from the rubber garden after being assaulted by a group of armed, masked men. Photo: TBS

6 rubber workers abducted in Bandarban; Tk20 lakh ransom demanded

Workers from Nassa Group has blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Photo: TBS

Workers of Nassa Group block Dhaka-Ctg highway over unpaid wages

Abdulmutalib SM Suliman, ambassador of Libya to Bangladesh, pays courtesy call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed on 2 April 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Dhaka proposes forming Bangladesh-Libya business forum to deepen economic ties

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3 Desco workers electrocuted during cable work in Dhaka's Khilkhet

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Where do Gulf foreign workers come from?

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Hotline launched for Middle East-bound workers amid flight suspension

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2 workers die in Chattogram scaffold collapse