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4 ‘injured’ in clash between Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia

At least four Bangladeshi migrant workers were allegedly injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh on Saturday evening local time.

Malaysia to launch multi-lingual app for workers to expose errant employers

The Malaysian Human Resource Ministry will introduce a new application that will enable a two-way communication between the government and local and foreign workers, Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan has said.

Forcing migrant workers to wear wristbands is discriminatory and criminalises them: Malaysian NGO

Kuwait won’t renew work, residency permits for expats aged 60 years and above

Stranded in Ethiopia’s conflict zone: 104 Bangladeshi expats rescued

Malaysia to begin implementing plans regarding undocumented migrants’ status from Nov 16

Saudi Arabia to relax foreign workers’ sponsorship terms in March 2021

Malaysia has agreed to reopen labour market for Bangladeshis: ministry

Malaysia has agreed to reopen its labour market for Bangladeshi migrant workers soon, according to a press release of expatriates’ welfare ministry.

Govt to introduce insurance schemes for migrant workers

The government will bring Bangladeshi migrant workers under two compulsory insurance schemes of Tk 2 lakh and Tk 5 lakh in a bid to provide financial security to them and their family members.

Unskilled, trapped in foreign lands

Alauddin Mollick, son of landless poor farmer Shahadat Mollick, had to drop out from school when he was in ninth grade due to abject poverty.

Migrants victims of government’s euphemistic policy

Amid increasing problems and miseries many migrant workers underwent in the recent weeks, Indonesia government proudly announced that remittances sent by migrant workers earned the country 105 trillion rupiah (US$8.4 billion) in 2014, a significant increase from 70.6 trillion rupiah a year ago.