Economy and work
Textiles: eleven Italian companies on a business mission to Bangladesh
Eleven Italian small and medium-sized textile-technology companies arrived in Bangladesh on 6 July for a business mission in…
News
Family and children
Pregnancy and childbirth in Italy: free check-ups, family clinics and the rights of foreign women
Thousands of babies are born in Italy to Bangladeshi mothers every year. The National Health Service guarantees a…
Economy and work
Record remittances: $35.56 billion to Bangladesh — and Italy is the top outbound corridor
In fiscal year 2025-26, which ended on 30 June, Bangladesh received a record US$35.56 billion in remittances, up…
Italy and Bangladesh
Holey Artisan ten years on: Dhaka remembers the 24 victims, nine of them Italian
Ten years ago, on 1 July 2016, terrorists attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant in Dhaka's Gulshan district.…
In depth
Bangladeshi women in Italy: only one in nine works. Why, and what could change
Of all the data on the Bangladeshi community in Italy, one figure stands out: only 11.4% of women…
In depth
The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum takes effect: what changes for people from Bangladesh
Since 12 June 2026 the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, adopted two years ago, has applied. It…
Visas and documents
Student visas for Italy: how to book and the 30 November deadline
Students in Bangladesh who want to enrol at an Italian university for the 2026/27 academic year must follow…
Employment law
Labour exploitation cases up 50%. In La Spezia, Bangladeshi subcontract workers
Recorded cases of labour exploitation in Italy rose in one year from 834 to 1,249, an increase of…
Legal assistance
Fake visas: more than 1,200 Bangladeshis scammed, many now undocumented in Naples
They paid up to €16,000 for a job contract in Italy that did not exist. According to the…
In depth
A "bidesh" called Italy: forty years of migration from Bangladesh
In Bengali, bidesh means "foreign land". For thousands of Bangladeshi families, for forty years that land has been…
Community
Phaim Bhuiyan and the "Bangla" generation: Tor Pignattara on the big screen
When Bangla came out in 2019, many Italians discovered for the first time the everyday life of Bangladeshi…
Community
Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New Year: colour, music and the year 1433
On 14 April Bangladesh celebrates Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the year in the Bengali calendar. In…