Ultimately, the recruitment of 100,000 workers presents both opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh. If Bangladeshis can understand Japanese work culture, then it's truly a blessing; however, misunderstanding or violating it poses a risk to the hard-earned trust that has been established between the two Asian countries.
While FY25 has been a success story, sustaining this trend won’t be easy. Bangladesh’s remittance economy relies heavily on labor migration to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. However, labor demand in host countries is changing due to automation, nationalization of jobs (Saudi Arabia’s Saudization policy), and shifting immigration laws. The future of low-skilled labor exports is uncertain
The question must be asked: has the Middle Eastern dream become an Indian nightmare? Migrant workers face compounding insecurities, with the confiscation of passports turning them into virtual hostages. Structural exploitation, poor working conditions, and the intensifying climate crisis disproportionately impact Indian migrants—many of whom are semi- or unskilled laborers from already vulnerable communities.
This was no mere diplomatic courtesy call. India’s renewed outreach must be seen through the lens of historical connection and future potential. Nearly 44 percent of Trinidad and Tobago’s Indian diaspora traces its origins to the indentured labour system—deep roots that have flourished into rich cultural traditions shared in cuisine, music, festivals, and faith.
Following remarks from Vice President Kamala Harris reiterating United States’ strong partnership with India in this "hour of need", Silicon Valley angel investor and entrepreneur MR Rangaswami, who founded Indiaspora, a nonprofit community of global Indian diaspora leaders, spoke of the outpouring of support from the Indian diaspora toward India’s COVID-19 relief efforts at a discussion hosted by the State Department
The brainchild of a Pakistani activist and businessman, an Asian community kitchen in West London is serving over 500 hot meals to low-income families, the homeless, and refugees for free each day
The Brooke Owens Fellowship which recognizes undergraduate women and other gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional network, recently announced its Class of 2021 Brooke Owen Fellows, News India Times reported
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp recently appointed Indian-American Samir Patel as the new district attorney in the Cherokee Judicial Circuit in Georgia
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the US with over 80,000 members, is facilitating interaction between US and Indian doctors to advise them about the treatment of COVID-19 patients through evidence-based protocols based on their own experience in dealing with the Covid surge in America last year
Two-thirds of Americans support the Biden administration’s decision to pull US troops from Afghanistan by September, a new Charles Koch Institute poll revealed on Wednesday
As foreign forces started to withdraw from Afghanistan, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of “huge consequences”
Seven global and regional human rights bodies have expressed concern over the state of media freedom in Bangladesh and urged the United Nations Human Rights chief to engage Bangladesh authorities to protect and respect freedom of expression, The Daily Star reported
The number of Bangladeshi Americans, among the fastest-growing Asian origin groups in the US, has shot up by 263 percent over the past two decades, Dhaka Tribune reported
The United States will remain “vigilant” about any threat emanating from Afghanistan, said US President Joe Biden, on the 10th anniversary of the raid by US special forces that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011
Indian-American billionaire businessman and Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla has pledged USD 10 million for supply of medical oxygen to hospitals in India, which is struggling to cope with a fierce second wave of the Coronavirus infection
A Bangladeshi man died and two others were injured after being stabbed with a screwdriver in a brawl with some compatriots in Malaysia’s Banting, Dhaka tribune reported
A Bangladeshi expatriate in Singapore, whose biryani is a big draw among gourmands daily, says he learnt cooking only by watching her mother back home. The Strait Times reported
Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has returned to the country over complaints by the Pakistani community in the kingdom, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement
Singapore has refused to allow entry to all those who have recently traveled to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, beginning May 2, following a huge spike in COVID-19 cases in these South Asian nations, the sovereign island-city state said in a notice
