Bangladesh manpower export

Restoring confidence among disgruntled expats is vital

Their concerns, if left unaddressed, may impact remittance inflow

No one should be in jail for acting on their conscience

We urge UAE, our government to resolve the matter

We can’t afford to lose UAE labour market, too

Govt must deal with recruitment irregularities with an iron hand

Bridge the linguistic divide in labour migration

Enable Bangladeshi migrant workers to flourish overseas

Why is remittance from Saudi Arabia falling?

Government must address use of unauthorised channels and migrants' skills gap

Migrant dreams turned to ashes

Tragic factory fire in Saudi Arabia highlights the urgent need for migrant worker safety

Time to raise the bar in labour migration

Bangladesh must prioritise sending skilled labour overseas

Manpower export: Malaysia mulls 'zero-cost recruitment' deal with Bangladesh

Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran today indicated that Malaysia is aiming to reach a "zero-cost recruitment" agreement for migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of efforts to avoid risking US trade sanctions.

Don’t highlight old issues: Expats state minister

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment State Minister Imran Ahmad expresses his unhappiness over what he says the “old and negative stories” in the labour recruitment sector and asks journalists to correct it.

July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023

Time to raise the bar in labour migration

Bangladesh must prioritise sending skilled labour overseas

January 8, 2020
January 8, 2020

Manpower export: Malaysia mulls 'zero-cost recruitment' deal with Bangladesh

Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran today indicated that Malaysia is aiming to reach a "zero-cost recruitment" agreement for migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of efforts to avoid risking US trade sanctions.

May 26, 2019
May 26, 2019

Don’t highlight old issues: Expats state minister

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment State Minister Imran Ahmad expresses his unhappiness over what he says the “old and negative stories” in the labour recruitment sector and asks journalists to correct it.

October 30, 2018
October 30, 2018

Recruitment in Malaysia: Probe role of 10 agencies

The High Court yesterday directed the government to form an inter-ministerial committee to investigate the monopoly of 10 recruiting agencies, which had been engaged in labour recruitment from Bangladesh to Malaysia, and submit the probe report in six months.

October 15, 2018
October 15, 2018

A syndicate that wreaked havoc

The story of manpower syndication is the greatest scam that ever happened in our manpower sector, entangling politicians and bureaucrats in high-degree corruption in both Bangladesh and Malaysia.