Dhaka, May 30 -- The number of Bangladeshi migrant workers who died abroad reached a record 4,813 in 2024, a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year due to the lack of global concern. The report presented at a policy dialogue in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Drawing on a decade of data from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and the Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), the report points to serious shortcomings in death verification, family support, and repatriation practices.

Md Nurul Islam, former BMET director, presented the findings at the event, jointly organised by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Between 2012 and 2024, over 40,700 bodies of mig...