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| :: Bahrain extends Bangladeshi ban |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Bahrain will not renew the work permits of thousands of Bangladeshis working in the Gulf state, in a ban expected to heavily impact the nation’s construction industry.
The decision not to renew work permits follows Monday&rsqu ... more |
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| :: Bangladesh must gear itself to exporting more skilled labour |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Bangladesh must gear itself to sending more skilled workers abroad, said speakers at a roundtable Saturday.
Prof Muzaffer Ahmed, chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh, called for a change in the educat ... more |
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| :: Manpower export to Bahrain stops |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Employment of Bangladeshi workers in Bahrain comes to a halt, as the country on Monday stopped issuing work permits to Bangladeshis, Bahraini newspaper Gulf Daily News reported yesterday.
The Bangladesh embassy in ... more |
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| :: Manpower export abroad |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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It is very sad to note that some Bangladeshi agencies tarnished country’s image regarding manpower export to Malaysia. Punitive steps must be taken against these agencies through proper investigation so none dares to indulge in such anti-stat ... more |
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| :: JITCO offers help to export manpower to Japan |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Dhaka and Tokyo on Monday signed a new loan agreement of 6.96 billion yen equivalent to $65 million for emergency disaster damage rehabilitation project.
The Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowd ... more |
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| :: Dallah Group to recruit 5,000 unskilled workers |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Dallah Group, one of the largest manpower recruiting companies of Saudi Arabia, will appoint 5,000 unskilled workers from Bangladesh soon, an adviser said Thursday.
This is the first time since March 24 that a Sau ... more |
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| :: Decline in remittances likely: The govt. should take necessary steps |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Remittance by non-resident Bangladeshis rose by 31 percent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year from that of the same period last fiscal year. According to the report, Bangladesh Bank as saying that remittances in the July-May period this FY totaled more than 7.16 ... more |
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| :: 400,000 skilled manpower may go to foreign mkts this year |
Posted On 27/08/2008 |
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Bangladesh is targeting to export 400,000 skilled manpower to foreign markets this year.
Adviser for Foreign Affairs and in charge of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while address ... more |
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| :: Kingfisher plans to operate flights to Bangladesh |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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Kingfisher Airlines, a major private airline in India, is planning to launch its flights to Bangladesh by October this year, sources at the aviation industry said.
It will initially operate its aircraft to two destinations in Bangladesh. ... more |
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| :: Manpower export |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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I must congratulate Helal Ahmed Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali Bank, for coming up with a very innovative scheme for funding the prospective job seekers abroad. A substantial number of the expatriate wage earners are victims of the unscrupulous manpower agents who extr ... more |
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| :: Russia looks to Bangladesh for garment expertise |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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Skilled Bangladeshi textile workers are being hired to work in Russia, further evidence of Bangladesh’s growing status as a world leader in garment expertise.
Abdul Matin Chowdhury, secretary to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfa ... more |
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| :: Saudi govt not issuing residential permits |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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Thousands of Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia are fearing deportation as the Saudi authorities are not issuing residential permits to those willing to join new jobs on expiry of their present contracts.
Sources said residential permits have not ... more |
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| :: Govt targets child labour phase out |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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The government yesterday finalised the draft of National Child Labour Elimination Policy-2008, seeking to phase out child labour and rehabilitate over 1 million children engaged in risky jobs.
At a meeting at the secretariat the labour and m ... more |
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| :: Thoughts on increasing NRB Remittances |
Posted On 20/07/2008 |
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Remittances by non-resident Bangladeshis (NRB) through official channels hit $ 6.4 billion in 2007 as per the World Bank, and the caretaker government has shown keen interest in increasing that.Right after the recent NRB conference in Dhaka interested NRBs held follow-up meeti ... more |
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