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  Farmers not keen on cotton farming for long duration

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:59am on February 23, 2020

  The farmers are found unenthusiastic about expanding cotton cultivation in Bangladesh as the cotton varieties cultivated in the country require long-duration farming, said agriculturists at...

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  Abused women migrants turn self-reliant

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:09am on February 23, 2020

  Seven women migrants, who were sexually abused by their employers in Saudi Arabia and later abandoned by families after returning home, have finally turned their...

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  Bangladeshi migrants continue to return from KSA empty-handed

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 02:37am on February 18, 2020

  Shahinur Miah, 35, of Nagarpur, Tangail returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday empty handed ending seven months of overseas job. He was...

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  7.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers in KSA fear deportation 

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:32am on February 17, 2020

  Over 7.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia are now in fear of getting deported from the country as their Iqamas—resident cards and work permits—have...

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  East Europe identified as potential destinations for Bangladeshi workers

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 11:40pm on February 15, 2020

  The government has identified Poland, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia Herzegovina and other East European countries as the potential destinations for Bangladeshi workers, said officials. Expatriates...

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  UAE labour market still closed to workers from Bangladesh

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:27am on February 13, 2020

  The labour market of the United Arab Emirates still remains out of bounds for Bangladeshi workers after it was closed to them about eight years...

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  Migration to Saudi Arabia rises to 73pc

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:47am on February 09, 2020

  Bangladeshis seeking overseas jobs are heavily dependent on Saudi Arabia, which is responsible for recruiting about 73 per cent of the total workers sent abroad...

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  Bangladesh to hold manpower talks with Malaysia on Feb 24

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 01:20am on February 08, 2020

  Bangladesh-Malaysia manpower recruitment talk is scheduled to be held in Dhaka on February 24 to find a new model of hiring workers from Bangladesh. Officials...

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  Brunei-going Bangladeshi workers with BMET smartcards being trafficked

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 02:21am on February 03, 2020

  Increasing number of Bangladeshi workers migrating to Brunei with unattested visas are falling victims to trafficking, according to Bangladesh High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan...

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  Dhaka to ask Doha to recruit more workers, recognise skills

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 11:33pm on January 31, 2020

  The government prepares to request the Qatari authorities to increase recruitment of workers from Bangladesh in the current year, said officials in Dhaka. A senior...