Bangladeshi migrant workers

Bangladeshi Rising – Unfair Unpaid Workers & Human Trafficking; Who is to Blame?

By Maldives Times July 16, 2020 4 min read

The Maldives is an island nation of approximately 500,000 people. The latest statistics of census reveal that the Maldives consists as many as 144,000 Bangladeshis working in the country, with one-third of them amounting up to 63,000 having no valid documents or registration. This is a major amount among all the expatriate workers in the […]

Bangladeshi admits guilt on trafficking charge

By Maldives Times November 1, 2017 3 min read

A Bangladeshi man on trial for trafficking three fellow countrymen into the Maldives admitted guilt at the criminal court on Monday. Mohyuddin and Masoodh Rana are accused of taking money from three Bangladeshi men to bring them to the Maldives on false pretences. The two defendants were arrested last year after a meeting with the victims at the Sultan Park in Malé turned into a fistfight. […]