Bangladesh can become a bridge between ASEAN, SAARC: Yunus
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday sought Malaysia鈥檚 support for Bangladesh to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
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French, Canadian, Malaysian envoys meet with CA Professor Yunus
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy, Canadian High Commissioner Lilly Nicholls and Malaysian High Commissioner Haznah Md Hashim on Wednesday met with interim government Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus...
August 5 in retrospect: A narrow escape from total surrender to autocracy
I HAVE lived outside Bangladesh for roughly two decades. Over the years, I have met people from many parts of the world with different backgrounds. For more than a decade I have been teaching at International Islamic University Malaysia that has academics and students from about one hundred countries. When meeting people from countries under...
A liberation for Bangladesh, a lesson far beyond
AS A Malaysian who has frequented Bangladesh over the last 15 years, there is a huge soft spot in my heart for this country. Over more than a decade, I have come to love Bangladeshi people, food, culture and language; I can now even speak some Bangla! (well, basic Bangla which is probably equivalent to the fluency of a 3-year old Bengali kid)...
Malaysia keen to help Bangladesh鈥檚 interim govt
Prime minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim has said that Malaysia stands ready to extend its all out support to the interim government of Bangladesh....
Meta apologises over removal of Malaysia PM posts
Tech giant Meta apologised Tuesday for removing social media posts by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim about the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Malaysia summons Meta over removed PM posts about Hamas leader
The Malaysian government said Monday it had met with Meta representatives to demand an apology and explanation as to why posts about the death of a Hamas leader...
Malaysia can fully manufacture Perodua car in Bangladesh: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday invited Malaysia to set up facilities to fully manufacture their Perodua brand car in Bangladesh...
Bangladesh crush Malaysia to make semis
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs in their third and final group stage game in Dambulla on Wednesday to confirm their place in the last four of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka...
HC asks govt to explain inaction leading to migrants鈥� damage
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks why their inaction that led to damage the future of job seekers being refused to board to...
Divided land, disputed origins: India's Brokpa people
High in the icy Indian Himalayas, a long-isolated people recall origin myths of millennia-old migrations from afar -- an identity in disputed lands twisted today by politics.
A decade on from MH17 downing
Ten years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was blasted from the sky over war-torn Ukraine, families of the victims will gather Wednesday to remember the tragedy as hopes fade that those...
Probe body for action against recruiting agents
A expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment ministry-formed probe committee has recommended legal action against about 100 recruiting agents for their alleged negligence and failure to send over 17,000 Malaysia-aspirant migrants, who paid the agents huge money for the purpose...
Climate change hits honey hunters in Nepal
Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.
Agencies must refund workers unable to go to Malaysia by July 18: ministry
The Ministry of Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment has mandated that recruiting agencies must refund money to workers who could not travel to Malaysia from Bangladesh within the specified timeframe. The refunds are to be issued within the next 15 days, with a deadline set for July 18....
HC wants to know what actions have been taken
The High Court wanted to know within seven days what actions had been taken against those responsible for preventing several thousand workers from travelling to Malaysia despite having valid visas and other necessary documents...
Malaysia keen to raise investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 telecom, ICT: Palak
Malaysia has expressed a strong interest in increasing its investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 telecommunication and ICT sectors, according to state minister for...
Malaysia wants to increase investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 ICT sector: Palak
Malaysia has expressed a strong interest in increasing its investment in Bangladesh鈥檚 telecommunication and ICT sectors, according to state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak...
3,000 complaints filed as probe committee gets five more days
State minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury said on Tuesday that so far 3,000 people who failed to...
BAIRA members face off at AGM over Malaysia syndicate
The group involved in sending workers to Malaysia and other members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies faced off on Monday at their 33rd annual general meeting held in the capital鈥檚 Hotel Intercontinental...
Exploited worker recruitment costs must be refunded
THOUSANDS of migrant workers aspiring to work in Malaysia now face an uncertain future largely because of the irregularities and corruption in the recruitment process. As Malaysia decided to stop hiring migrant workers from Bangladesh in April, 50,004 aspirants failed to migrate to Malaysia after...
Cheated workers uncertain over money refund
Aspiring migrant workers who have failed to go to Malaysia even after depositing larger amounts of money are now grappling with uncertainty over refund of the money from the agencies...
Probe committee formed over failure to send workers to Malaysia
A six-member probe committee has been formed to investigate the failure of recruiting agencies to send workers to Malaysia by the May 31 deadline...
Malaysia not to extend deadline for hiring workers from Bangladesh, other countries
The Malaysian authorities iterated its decision not to extend the time period for those Bangladeshi workers who had approved work visas but missed...
Dhaka in discussion with Kuala Lumpur to extend May 31 deadline
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said that Dhaka was in discussion with Kuala Lumpur to extend the already-expired deadline for Bangladeshi migrant workers for a few more days as many from Bangladesh couldn't fly to Malaysia by the time due to ticket crisis....
50,000 workers fail to migrate to Malaysia
The state minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, said on Sunday that a total of 50,004 Bangladeshi aspirants failed to migrate to...
Govt to investigate Malaysia migration crisis
State minister for expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury on Saturday said that legal action would be taken against those...
Migrants take聽brunt of air聽fare hike
Air ticket prices of all airlines operating flights from Dhaka to Malaysia have seen a fourfold increase with the latter鈥檚 labour market set to be closed for...
Bangladesh too good for Malaysia
Defending champions Bangladesh registered their second straight victory in the fourth edition of the Bangabandhu Cup 2024 International Kabaddi Tournament beating Malaysia by 73-22 points with six creditable lonas held at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium on Monday...