Bangladeshi migrant workers are increasingly dying during
the most productive years of their lives. Every year, hundreds of thousands
leave the country in search of better livelihoods, yet many never return alive.
Harsh working conditions, health risks, and various challenges abroad are
claiming the lives of young workers, strengthening calls for safer working
environments for expatriate Bangladeshis.
At the age of 27, Saiful Islam from Barishal traveled
to Malaysia hoping to improve his family’...