Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam today said Bangladesh will send about eight lakh workers abroad this year.”The main objective of sending workers abroad is to continue the present trend of overseas employment as well as attaining the…
Stephen Groff Manila – Imagine that you are a farmer. Your crops are withering as weather patterns become more volatile, your well water is too salty to drink, and rice is too expensive to buy at the market. So, you…
Riyadh – Dozens of foreign workers have been sentenced to flogging and jail for unrest during protests over unpaid wages by Saudi Binladin Group several months ago, reports said on Tuesday. Al-Watan newspaper and Arab News did not give the…
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has urged the government to launch a probe into the fire that broke out at Dhaka North City Corporation Market at Gulshan on Tuesday to know the exact reasons.
A total of 5,000 boat migrants drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe this year, the highest annual total yet, the United Nations said on Friday.The latest figures, released by the UN’s refugee agency, include 100 deaths reported on…
GreenWatch NewsDesk The Malaysian Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition has recently prepared a set of recommendations for the preparation of a comprehensive national poolicy on labour migration in their country. The recommemndations are based on consultations with stakeholders organised…
On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) gave salute to all migrants and displaced people who continue to work on the ground to defend the rights and promote the wellbeing of the sector. ‘We…
Despite growing economic dynamism in many developing regions, international migration flows are not being diverted towards these new alternative poles but rather are concentrating in advanced economies, according to a new OECD Development Centre report.
Bali (Indonesia) ILO News – The 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded on Friday (December 9) with a call for governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations in the region to do more…
By Richard Hall Lebanese authorities have detained two Nepalese migrant domestic workers who were involved with campaigning for greater rights for foreign workers in the country.
Dhaka – Bangladesh has described its GFMD chairmanship as a success, saying Dhaka has been enthralled by the presence of members of 130 countries, over 200 members of international civil societies and representatives from 30 organisations. “It’s your success and…
Dhaka – Adnan Abdullah Alnuaim, Deputy Minister of Customer Relations, Ministry of Labour and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, says his government has built guesthouses in different parts of the country as a security measure for migrant workers. “We’re working…
Dhaka-Underscoring the need for devising a way to realise the transformative potential of migration, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the international community to take vow and act together to pull out the migrants from their miseries and agonies.
Dhaka – A three-day 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit will begin today in Dhaka.Representatives from 122 countries will attend the summit, the largest platform for developing migration rights as well as addressing refugee crises, unfortunately Myanmar…
Dhaka: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Friday sacked the labour minister who headed efforts to help tens of thousands of unpaid foreign workers, according to a message received in Dhaka. After being in the position for only seven months, Mufarrej…
Dhaka – In light of the many challenges faced in the South Asian region with regards to migrant workers, the European Union Delegation to Nepal hosted a regional seminar on “Making Labour Migration Easy and Safe in South Asia” in…
Savar – At least 30 female workers suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Ashulia here on Tuesday. Quoting workers, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station Mohsinul Quader said the fire originated at a…
Dubai: A Filipina has been judged as the UAE’s best nanny, at the first such award held in the country on Saturday. “This is really an unexpected blessing,” said Lorina Bunio, 29, who had swapped her everyday casual clothes for…
By Keegan Hamilton President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general, according to multiple reports citing sources close to Trump’s White House transition team. A conservative Republican and an early supporter of Trump’s bid…
Dhaka – The country received $392.40 million in remittance in the first 11 days of the current month of November. Bangladesh Bank statistics show maximum remittance came through private commercial banks as they received $267.39 million while the nine foreign…
Demand notes for recruitment Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia are likely to start arriving in Dhaka from next week, according to sources in the expatriates welfare and overseas employment.
Donald Trump made the first major appointments of his administration on Sunday, selecting Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff, the top employee in the administration. He also named Stephen Bannon, his campaign CEO…
Berlin (AP/UNB) — The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that at least 3,800 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year in an attempt to reach Europe,, making 2016 the deadliest year on record. The Geneva-based agency…
Migration governance cannot be only about closing borders and keeping people out, said two United Nations human rights experts calling on UN member states to develop long-term strategies and policies to facilitate rather than restrict migration.
Dhaka – Aiming to creats an opportunity for students to securing employment, a two days long job fair-2016 has been concluded yesterday at Rajshahi University of Engineering and technology (RUET) campus in Rajshahi.
Dhaka-The expatriate Bangladeshis working in Saudi Arabia sent the highest amount of US$ 600.51 million remittance during the July-September period of the current fiscal year.
As part of the government’s move to bring all foreigners working in Bangladesh under a database, two taskforces have stated collecting information about foreigners and their employers in Dhaka and Chittagong.A software is now being developed to preserve the information…
The remittance inflow to the country has declined by $141 million as it received $1.043 billion in September while it was $1.183billion in August.
By Tom Finn Doha – The death of an Indian laborer in Qatar who had complained about not being paid and later committed suicide on a building site has focused attention on migrant workers struggling amid an economic downturn in the Gulf…
William Lacy Swing People have always been on the move. Migration is not a catastrophe, nor is it an invasion. Often, it is not even an emergency. Throughout human history it has mostly been, simply, one thing: inevitable. Migration is…