Bangladeshi emigrants

Pursuit of dream ends in tragedy

Europe has long been a promised land for Bangladeshi fortune seekers. With illusion further fuelled by human traffickers, many take risky journeys through the Mediterranean, knowing well it may turn fatal in the hazardous sea. But when they are held hostage by human traffickers or other criminal gangs in Libya, a transit point en route to Europe, they realise

Bangladeshi expats doubled in 4yrs: PM Hasina

The number Bangladeshis going for overseas employment has been doubled in the past four years; although it has not positively reflected in remittances to the country, Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina has said.

May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019

Pursuit of dream ends in tragedy

Europe has long been a promised land for Bangladeshi fortune seekers. With illusion further fuelled by human traffickers, many take risky journeys through the Mediterranean, knowing well it may turn fatal in the hazardous sea. But when they are held hostage by human traffickers or other criminal gangs in Libya, a transit point en route to Europe, they realise

February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019

Bangladeshi expats doubled in 4yrs: PM Hasina

The number Bangladeshis going for overseas employment has been doubled in the past four years; although it has not positively reflected in remittances to the country, Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina has said.