Human-trafficking

Rajon Hossain dreamed of bringing financial stability to his family. With that dream, he set off for Russia, hoping to join as a construction worker. But everything changed once he arrived. Instead of a job, he was handed over to the Russian army. Forced into service, he was sent to the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war. On his very first day at the frontline, a drone attack left him critically injured. He lost all sensation below his waist. Yet he did not give up. For four days, dragging h...

Six men from Cumilla who traveled to Libya through brokers in search of a better life have been taken hostage by a human trafficking ring. The traffickers are demanding a ransom of Tk 2.7 million for each captive, totaling Tk 16.2 million, for their release, according to allegations. In this situation, Cumilla 9 lawmaker Md. Abul Kalam has written to the state minister for foreign affairs, urging the Foreign Ministry to take immediate action to save their lives and bring them back to Bangladesh....

A total of 171 Bangladeshis who had been detained at the Qanfoodah Detention Center in Benghazi, Libya, have been brought back to the country. They arrived in Dhaka at 6:22 am on Thursday on a flight operated by Buraq Air. Their voluntary repatriation was arranged by the Libyan government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bangladesh Embassy in Libya and the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment. Most of t...