Dhaka, Apr 17 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of a human-trafficking gang and rescued two women from Gotatikar village under Mogla Bazar thana of Sylhet on Sunday night.
Category: Manpower
Job opportunities through enabling environment
GOVERNMENT is constantly working towards ensuring that employment opportunities are made available through an “enabling environment”. This was highlighted by the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, at the 2017/2018 National Budget consultations for schools at the Vunimono Community…
Poland, new player in Islamophobia game
By Claudia Ciobanu Warsaw, Apr 8 (IPS) – Ameer Alkhawlany moved to Poland in September 2014 to pursue a Master’s in biology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland’s second largest city. Two years later, the Polish state awarded him…
Money migrants send home impact one-in-7 people
Perugia, 8 April – While migration issues draw political fire in Europe and beyond, the greater development benefit of the approximate half trillion US dollars that migrants send home each year to poor families and nations can’t be underestimated, according…
20 dead in Myanmar boat crash
YANGON, April 8, 2017 (BSS/AFP) – At least 20 people were killed when their passenger boat collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in…
Bangladesh improves in Human Development Index
Bangladesh has gained three spots on the Global Human Development Index (HDI) 2015 ranking, placing 139th out of 188 countries, according to the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016. HDR 2016 was officially launched at the Planning Commission in Dhaka on…
‘Investing in rural youth must to stem migration crisis’
Rome, 3 April – Ensuring young people in rural areas can access financing and earn decent incomes is essential to stem migration to Europe and elsewhere, said Gilbert F. Houngbo, who began his term as the sixth President of the…
Hawaii judge places indefinite hold on Trump travel ban
A US federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended the suspension of President Trump’s new travel ban. Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling means Mr Trump will be barred from enforcing the ban on six mostly Muslim nations while it is contested…
Slavery is a thing of the past, right? Think again
Most people think slavery is a thing of the past and has nothing to do with them. They’re wrong on both counts. Slaves or trafficked victims are exploited in mining (gold, coltan, molybdenum, niobium, tin), agriculture, weaving, ship breaking, brick…
‘Remarkable success in advancing BD women’
Dhaka, Mar 21 – Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable success in advancing women and is now regarded as a role model in the world in promoting women, said State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki.
The robots are coming, your job is at risk
Penang, 15 Mar (IPS/Martin Khor) – Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with humans inside to make corrections in case something goes wrong. If the tests go well, Uber will presumably replace their present army of drivers with fleets…
Qatar rights department helps 2, 336 change employers
The Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) helped 1,000 people change employers permanently and 1,336 people temporarily last year, Director of the Human Rights Department Brigadier Abdullah Saqr al Mohannadi said.
Overseas employment minister rejects TIB’s graft claim
There is no any syndicate in Bangladesh in sending workers to Malaysia—but there in Malaysia may have such syndicate, expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Nurul Islam said yesterday. Besides, the minister has also rejected the TIB report that published…
Budgetary allocations for jobs declining in BD: Experts
BIDS experts urged the government for budgetary allocation to create jobs in formal sector as the recent trend shows the formal sector job is declining in comparison to informal sector. Senior Visiting Fellow of CDER Rizwanul Islam said “During the…
Economists want ’employment budget’ in National budget
Dhaka – The BIDS experts demanded an “employment budget” to be included in the budget for the coming 2017-2018 fiscal to increase the employment growth in the formal sector. The new national budget for 2017-18 is expected to be placed…
Bangladesh migrant visa process highly corrupt: TIB
Dhaka – The TIB official claimed the whole process had been ‘ controlled by a number of syndicates’ with links to the ministry, visa offices, migration authorities and officials of the destination countries.
Valuing Women’s Unpaid Work
Women’s work remains unaccounted for even though the issue of unpaid work carried out by women is being discussed globally at the policy, academic as well as practitioners’ levels. Defined as “unpaid care work,” this includes taking care of children,…
H-1B visas: Here’s finally some ‘good news’
Washington: The US has assured India that the H-1B visas issue was not a priority for it and would be part of the larger immigration reforms package that the new Trump administration is working on. The assurance came amid an…
A world without borders: Richer, fairer, and more free
By Nathan Smith Across the West today, a rising populist right is blaming established elites for letting in too many immigrants. The immigrants, the populists complain, lower wages, dilute the local culture, and pose a threat to national security. But…
Woman deported to Singapore despite 27-year marriage
A woman who has been married to a British man for 27 years has been deported to Singapore. Irene Clennel was being held in a Scottish detention centre, but has now told the BBC she has been sent back to…
Project to help workers resularise their status in Bahrain
A pilot project aimed at helping thousands of undocumented workers in Bahrain regularise their status will be launched in April, according to a senior official.
EU-BD to raise awareness on irregular migration risks
Dhaka – The Eurpean Union and Bangladesh have agreed to launch an information and awareness raising campaign on the risks of irregular migration. A workshop in this regard will be held in Dhaka on 28 February next. This has been…
‘No ocean wide enough, no fence high enough’
Rome, 14 February – Describing rural development as a “moral obligation,” Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), made his final appeal to governments on behalf of poor rural people across the globe at today’s…
Qatar approves draft law for domestic workers
Doha, Qatar: Qatar has approved a draft law which would provide legal protection for tens of thousands of female domestic workers for the first time, according to state media.
Productive job creation still a challenge for Dhaka: ADB
Dhaka – Bangladesh still faces challenges in creating enough productive jobs to reduce poverty and unlock the country’s development potential. Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it its -said Development Effectiveness Brief: Bangladesh 2017 released on Sunday.
Dhaka works hard to facilitate safe, orderly migration
Dhaka, Jan 24 – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Bangladesh has been working hard to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration worldwide under an effective and coherent governance structure.
Filipino workers call for ban to recruitment fees
The Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) is calling on President Rodrigo R. Duterte to abolish all types of recruitment fees being asked from workers who want to work abroad. PSLINK, which now has 387 members, is a national confederation…
Global unemployment to rise by 3.4 million in ’17: ILO
Geneva, 20 Jan (Kanaga Raja) — The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly to 5.8 per cent in 2017, representing an increase in the number of unemployed globally of 3.4 million compared with 2016, the International Labour Organisation…
BD to create 2.7 million new jobs in current fiscal
Dhaka – Planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said 27 lac jobs will be generated in the current fiscal year (FY2016-17). “In every fiscal year, 20 lac new faces enter the job market. This time 6-7 lac jobs will be created…
About 100 migrants missing as boat sinks off Libyan coast
About 100 migrant passengers are missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The Italian coastguard, which is conducting a search, said eight bodies had been recovered from the water, and four people had…