Bangladesh asks Malaysia to restore migrant workers’ visas

October 7th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh has cancelled leave of its border guards and stepped up army deployment on its border with Myanmar, alleging large-scale intrusion and to protest against the eastern neighbour erecting a border fence. Tension mounted along the Naikhyangchhari border in Bandarban after Myanmar resumed border fencing Friday.

August 12th, 2009 Ousted Honduran leader asks for more US helpBRASILIA, Brazil — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says the United States could help restore him to power by putting more economic pressure on the Central American country's interim administration. Zelaya says the U.S.

July 30th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh could receive $10.87 billion in remittances in the current fiscal from its vast manpower employed abroad if the global oil price does not fall, the World Bank has said. It has said that remittance inflow increases when a country's economy goes through hardship.

July 20th, 2009 DHAKA - An Indian trade delegation visiting Dhaka has urged Bangladesh to take steps to boost bilateral trade ties between the two countries. The appeal came at a seminar on "Bangladesh-India Economic Relations" at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka, reports the Daily Star.

July 17th, 2009 DHAKA - Mauritius is phasing out male workers and hiring only women from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, a newspaper report here said Friday, quoting a local labour recruiting agent. The recruiting agent, who was not named, said the southern African island nation would not send back workers before their job contracts expire but it now has a policy of not hiring male workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.

May 13th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh, whose economy depends heavily on remittances from citizens employed abroad, received over 8,000 coffins in the last five years, a report said. Job insecurity, tension at work, poor working conditions and unhealthy food habits have been cited as among the main reasons for the deaths.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Malaysia Airlines Monday announced a huge 53 percent reduction in the fuel surcharge, bringing down return fares from India to Malaysia to an all-inclusive Rs.16,528 from Tuesday. Targeting customers especially for the holiday season, the airlines said it has slashed fuel surcharge by as much as Rs.2,650 for flights to Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, apart from flights to India.

May 2nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has deferred a controversial move to double the levy on hiring foreign workers, including many from India, that was aimed at discouraging employers from recruiting outsiders, a minister announced following a cabinet decision. Human Resources Minister S.

March 28th, 2009 DHAKA - Countries that provide jobs to Bangladeshi workers must compensate them if they are sent home before their contracts expire, the government says. Upset at its migrant workers being sent back in large numbers from some of the more developed countries, the government says other nations must pay damages if the workers are forced to return home, The Daily Star reported Saturday, quoting a minister.

March 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With migrant workers facing job losses, anti-migrant sentiment and even violence in the deepening global financial crisis, World Bank researchers predict remittances will fall to $290 billion in 2009, from last year's high of $305 billion. Remittances flowing to developing countries from Russia, South Africa, Malaysia and India are 'especially vulnerable to the rolling economic crisis', says the Bank's revised Migration and Development Brief.

March 20th, 2009 AGARTALA - The bloody mutiny of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka last month has knocked off the Indo-Bangladesh border trade by 50 percent, traders here Thursday said. 'The BDR mutiny and reduction of the rate of the Indian rupee against the US dollar have largely affected the Indo-Bangla export-import business during the past few weeks,' said Habul Biswas, spokesman of the Indo-Bangla Desh Trading Organisation.

March 14th, 2009 DHAKA/KUALA LUMPUR - At least 300 Bangladeshi workers returned home from Malaysia after their visas were cancelled citing unemployment caused by global recession, media reports said Friday. Malaysia had cancelled visas of nearly 55,000 Bangladeshi workers Wednesday.

January 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - Complaints of ill treatment of migrant workers by Indian immigration officials and by officials of Indian embassies abroad, the lack of higher education facilities for children of Indian workers and lack of legal assistance for jailed workers abroad were some of the issues brought to the notice of Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi by the people from the Gulf region here Friday. Participating in the session to discuss the problems faced by the Indians in the Gulf region at the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention, a delegate said: 'I saw an immigration official throwing a passport on the face of two workers.

January 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Malaysia Saturday inked an agreement for improvement in the conditions of recruitment of their workers in each other’s country. The MoU was signed by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and the Malaysian Human Resources Minister S.

December 22nd, 2008 KATHMANDU - Bollywood's blockbuster film 'Chak de...' came alive Tuesday as Nepal's under-19 women's cricket team lifted the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19 Women's Championship trophy, smashing Malaysia at Chiang Mai in Thailand for a fifth win in a row. 'We always knew we had the team to win; we've been playing a long time and have enough confidence in matches,' a jubilant Nepal team captain Nary Thapa said after her team lifted its first international title.