The main objective of this paper was to examine the factors which determine the internal
migration to Dhaka city, Bangladesh and to find out their impact on migrant’s livelihood
aspect. The sample comprised 448 individuals from the rural and urban areas towards Dhaka
city. In this study I enhanced to analyze and interpret the determinants of socio-economic,
economic and environmental factors associated with the internal migration in Bangladesh.
The study showed the factors that affected the internal migration were mainly occupational,
educational and climatic. These factors were analyzed and discussed through the migration
theories- neo classical theory, new economics of migration theory and network theory. The
ordinary least square technique was applied on three regression models which indicated that
there were differences due to internal migration regarding to these economic, demographic
and environmental factors in Bangladesh.