New Age Bangladesh | 25 September 2018 Migrant rights campaigners and trade union leaders on Monday called for addressing the key issues of fair and ethical recruitment, consular support in crisis, access to justice, support service and welfare protection... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 18 September 2018 Officials of Bangladesh and Malaysia would meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25 to work out a new method of recruitment of workers. Acting secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ahmed Munir... read more
Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee condition... read more
Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee condition... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 7 September The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training officials on Thursday stressed the need to bring middlemen and brokers involved with the process of recruitment of workers for overseas jobs under the legal framework. Speaki... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 The government has adopted the guidelines for sending workers to Lebanon.The three-page guides made it mandatory for local recruiting agencies to select the workers registered with the database of the Bureau of Manpow... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 For most of the expatriate workers who come from a comparatively poorer background, mostly from rural areas, the migration cost is too high, even, sometimes, beyond their means. But job-seekers continue to be cheated ... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 4 September 2018 A cartel of 14 recruiting agencies chosen by the government of Bangladesh for sending workers to Singapore has been blamed for increasing the migration costs. The syndicate compels each worker to pay at least Tk eight... read more
New Age Bangladesh | 2 September 2018 Tightening of selection process has reduced migration of housemaids by nearly 50 per cent since June, according to the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. Officials told New Age the government tightened the s... read more
The Daily Star | 31 August 2018 The much talked about 10 recruiting agents, accused of monopoly in labour recruitment in Malaysia, said they had no control over the excessive migration cost. They held a press conference yesterday at The Westin Dhaka amid ... read more