Migration

Migration

Record $3.29 billion remittance came in March

Remittance inflow posted a 65% year-on-year jump

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23 Bangladeshis rescued in Libya

The Bangladesh mission thanked law enforcers in Misrata for the quick and effective move

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Remittances near record $3 billion in March 

The inflow was 82.46 percent higher than the same period last year, according to industry insiders. 

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Eid windfall: Remittance soars 78% in 19 days

Remittance inflows surged by around 78 percent year-on-year in the first 19 days of March as migrant workers sent more money home to relatives ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious occasion in the country.

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18 Bangladeshis trapped in Myanmar to return home today

They will arrive in Dhaka on a Thai Airways flight, said a press release

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Italy visa crisis: Victims demand CA’s intervention

Victims of the ongoing Italy visa crisis have sought the intervention of Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, to resolve the crisis.

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Workers’ migration drops by 36pc in February

The migration of Bangladeshi workers abroad for jobs declined by 36 percent last month compared to the previous month, with a sharp fall in migration to top destination Saudi Arabia, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).

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Number of workers going abroad declines 36 percent in Feb

Migration to Saudi Arabia falls from 76,618 in January to 44,258 in February

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State-run agency's labour migration mainly limited to 2 countries

Labour sending by Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (Boesl) remained limited mainly to two countries although it has explored more than 20 countries in past 14 years

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Political, economic reforms led to drop in overseas migration last year

More than 700 female workers migrated as skilled professionals last year

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Injured migrant workers need better support to rebuild their lives

My flight back to Dhaka from Kuala Lumpur is usually not that eventful. I go to the airport, check my luggage in, go through the immigration process and then when it’s time board a plane along with many other families heading home. .However, this time it was quite different. As I boarded t

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Libya boat capsize: Families search for bodies of loved ones

As the Bangladeshi embassy in Libya struggles to identify the bodies of the 23 migrants who have washed ashore in the northern part of the country, families back home are desperately searching for their missing loved ones.

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Libya tragedy: 56 migrants were aboard capsized boat

Twenty-three bodies, believed to be of Bangladeshis, have washed up on Libya’s shores, with many more feared missing, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Libya Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar said in a live stream on Facebook yesterday.

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Remittances grow 3% in January

Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025

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We need to protect our migrant workers before it's too late

Behind this staggering number lies a grim reality: young lives extinguished far too soon, leaving behind grieving families and communities

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4,813 bodies of migrant workers arrived in Bangladesh in 2024

The number is a record high, reveals statistics from Wage Earners’ Welfare Board

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71 Bangladeshis without valid papers held in Malaysia

The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department arrested 176 illegal immigrants, including 71 Bangladeshi nationals, during a raid in the Jalan Alor area of Bukit Bintang on Wednesday night, reports Malaysia’s national news agency Bernama.

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Jobs in Malaysia: 18,000 workers in depths of despair

Frustration is mounting among the over 18,000 Bangladeshis who missed a deadline to fly to Malaysia for work around eight months ago.

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