Abul Kalam Azad, a diploma engineer from Gafargoan upazila of Mymensingh district has been living in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana since 1987.

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A few years ago, I lived in Yanbu, a city with a large concentration of expatriate workers who rent dilapidated buildings that are deserted by owne

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On 3 and 4 May SAARC governments are holding discussions in Kathmandu on developing the new Plan of Action on migration, prior to the 19th SAARC Su

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March 8 is being celebrated throughout the world as International Women's Day. In Bangladesh, women from all backgrounds, working in the formal and

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Muscat: Bosses in the private sector cannot axe worker benefits for their expat and Omani employees in the same way those at government-funded comp