Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Overseas migration of Bangladeshi workers rose by 12 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year, reflecting a continued outbound labour trend amid domestic economic pressures, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).

The report, titled 'Trends and Dynamics of Labour Migration from Bangladesh 2025', was unveiled at an event at the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.

It said a total of 1,130,757 Bangladeshi men and women migrated overseas for employment in 2025, up from 1,011,969 in 2024.

Of the total migrants last year, 62,317 were women, accounting for 5.5 percent of overall overseas employment. The number of female migrants rose by 1.9 percent year-on...