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295 Bangladeshis trafficked to Indonesia by air for 3rd country
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2019
Promising jobs in Malaysia 295 Bangladeshis were trafficked to Indonesia by air said the victims on return home....
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BMET’s training facilities outdated, insufficient
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:39am on February 15, 2019
The facilities in place in Bangladesh to train workers for overseas jobs are totally outdated and insufficient.The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training run 64...
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Nurjahan returns from KSA empty-handed
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:46am on February 12, 2019
Nurjahan Begum, 30, of Kurigram worked as a domestic worker in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for six months, four months without any wage and...
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30,000 female workers sent to KSA without training in 2018
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:12am on February 10, 2019
In 2018, about 30,000 female housekeepers were sent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without imparting any training at technical training centres....
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Highest 1,113 migrants died in KSA in 2018
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:58am on February 09, 2019
In 2018, the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board brought bodies of 3,793 migrant home up from 3,387 in the previous year.The causes of the migrant workers’...
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Algeria offers jobs to 1,000 Bangladeshi apparel workers
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:21am on February 07, 2019
Algeria recently offered jobs for 1,000 Bangladeshi apparel workers to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment.EWOE ministry joint secretary for employment Jahangir Alam...
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Govt hears migrants’ problems today
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 02:13am on February 06, 2019
Wage Earners Welfare Board would today hold public hearing on migrants’ problems at Probashi Kalyan Bhaban.WEWB director general Gazi Mohammad Julhas will hear the problems...
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Bangladesh unable to take advantage due to lack of skilled manpower
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:36am on February 05, 2019
Due to lack of skilled manpower Bangladesh has been unable to send workers to Japan, facing the highest labour scarcity since 1973.The Agency France Press...
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Bangladesh-Seychelles labour hiring agreement in offing
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:12am on February 04, 2019
Bangladesh would within a month sign an agreement with Seychelles under which the Indian Ocean republic would recruit Bangladeshi workers, senior Expatriates Welfare and Overseas...
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Bangladesh’s 90pc female migrants at risky homes in ME
Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:48am on February 03, 2019
Since 2015, about four lakh female workers of Bangladesh went to Middle Eastern countries as domestic workers and most of them became victims of sexual...