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Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim expected to visit Bangladesh on Oct 4

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh on October 4 to take forward the relations between the two countries to the next level by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening the ties in diverse areas.

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Malaysian envoy for broadening ties with Bangladesh

Malaysian high commissioner to Bangladesh Haznah Md Hashim on Sunday laid emphasis on strengthening relations between Bangladesh and Malaysia, exploring potential areas for mutual benefits...

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Malaysia police rescue 400 children from care home abuse

Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of children from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused and have arrested scores of people in large scale raids, police said on Wednesday...

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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...

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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)...

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Bangladesh crush Malaysia to make semis

Bangladesh women’s 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...

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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...

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Probe body for action against recruiting agents

A expatriates’ 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...

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Agencies must refund workers unable to go to Malaysia by July 18: ministry

The Ministry of Expatriates’ 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....

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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...

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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’s Hotel Intercontinental...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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50,000 workers fail to migrate to Malaysia

The state minister for expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, said on Sunday that a total of 50,004 Bangladeshi aspirants failed to migrate to...