The Royal Oman Police (the body entrusted in Sultanate of Oman to issue visas) has announced that effective from 01.07.2014 an expatriates can not change jobs unless he completes two years after his departure from the previous employer.
Category: Manpower
Maid hiring costs surge in Bahrain
The cost of recruiting an Indonesian housemaid has reached BD1,200 ($3200) compared to BD800 in January, while sponsors have to pay about BD1,000 to recruit a Filipino maid, a report said. Bahrain Recruiters’ Society chairman Fareed Al Mahmeed said countries…
40-day employment programme in Panchagarh
The second phase 40-day employment programme of the government has begun for hardcore, seasonal unemployed and destitute people in five upazilas of the district.
EGPP continues successfully in Rangpur
The Taka 28.83-crore second phase of the special Employment Generation Project for the Poorest (EGPP) continues successfully creating huge jobs for the poor in the district.
1 RMG worker dies, 300 fall sick after taking factory water
One worker died and some 300 others fell sick after drinking contaminated water at Supreme Knitwear factory in Adamjee EPZ area here on Saturday.
‘Ensure migrants’ human rights’
Governments across the world have been urged to acknowledge migrant people’s role in development and ensure their human rights. Migration experts at a two-day meeting that ended in Dhaka on Tuesday also called upon countries to ensure that migrants regardless…
Labour shortage hampers paddy harvest in Gopalganj
An acute shortage of farm labour is hampering paddy harvest in Kotalipara upazila here.
Landmark UN report on migrants’ rights in Quarter made public
The Special Rapporteur (SR) of the United Nations on the Human Rights of Migrants’ report of his mission to Qatar has just been made public. The SR had an official visit to Qatar from 3-10 November 2013 at the invitation…
17 women, chindren among 35 recovered from traffickers
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 35 people while being trafficked to India while the border force arrested five Indian nationals on the Putkhali border here on Wednesday night. The rescued Bangladeshis include 14 women and three children.
Violent commando kills young Bangladeshi in Italy
Zakir Hoassin, a 34 year old Bengali waiter, died in Pisa (Italy) after 36 hours of agony after receiving a hard blow to the face by a young man without any apparent reason.
MoU on sending workers to Korea to be renewed soon
Bangladesh is expected to renew its memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with South Korea on sending workers on government-to-government basis in May this year. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain disclosed this while talking to reporters after…
ITUC president for more rights for trade unions
President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Michael Sommer on Tuesday called for more rights for trade unions as a necessary precondition for establishing true social partnership among employers, workers, and the government. Sommer, also the Chairman of Confederation…
Oman to take BD physicians, nurses
Rusayl Health Center in Oman will recruit 35 physicians and 50 male and female nurses from Bangladesh soon under government arrangements. Md Abdul Hannan, managing director of Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (BOESL) through which the manpower will be…
3,303 get migration loans from Probashi Kallyan Bank
Probashi Kallyan Bank has provided migration loans to 3,303 people to facilitate them get overseas employments, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told Parliament on Monday. As of December 31, 2013, the bank disbursed migration loans of Tk 33 crore to 3,303…
Dr Yunus names Andrea Jung Grameen America CEO
New York — Andrea Jung has been named President, CEO and a director of Grameen America, the fastest-growing microfinance organization in the United States. Ms. Jung, the former Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc. and longtime champion of women’s…
Training centre in each upazila eyed for manpower export
The government has taken up a plan to set up at least one training centre in each upazila of the country as it puts more emphasis on creating skilled manpower as this force proved more dependable in bringing foreign exchange…
One stop service centre for Malaysian visa launched in Dhaka
Malaysia government has set up a one stop service centre at Baridhara in Dhaka to help ease the process of visa applications. Malaysian Home Minister Dr Ahmed Zahid Hamidi inaugurated the service centre at 7 Suhrawardy Avenue at Baridhara in…
Malaysia willing to recruit 3 lakh workers from B’desh
Malaysia wants to recruit over 3 lakh workers from Bangladesh soon, visiting Malaysian Home Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said here on Monday. He conveyed the Malaysian government’s willingness during a meeting with Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal at his…
UAE to resume hiring Bangladeshi manpower
The United Arab Emirates is likely to resume importing manpower from Bangladesh, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Monday. The minister said the UAE will sign an agreement with Bangladesh end this month to reopen…
Oman to take more Bangladesh skilled manpower
Oman is interested in taking more skilled manpower from Bangladesh, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday. “We’ve requested the government of Oman to take more skilled manpower from Bangladesh for its construction, agriculture and…
Education key to attaining middle-income status: WB
Bangladesh needs to focus on high-quality learning, and strong foundational cognitive and behavioral skills from early childhood, says a new World Bank report. The findings and recommendations of the report, titled ‘Seeding Fertile Ground: Education That Works for Bangladesh’ were…
Migrant domestic workers across Asia rise up
Tania Branigan Migrant workers are treated as second class citizens, but now women are organising and speaking out. On a dark, damp Sunday, hundreds of women are massed in a city park. “Women united will never be divided! Migrants united…
No Bangladeshi injured in Kunming attacks, says Govt
No Bangladeshi is among those injured and dead in the mass knife-attack at a railway station of Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming, China on Sunday night. At least 33 people were killed and at least 140 wounded in the knife-attack, triggering…
Bangladeshis safe in Kunming, says Govt
No Bangladeshi is among those injured and dead in the mass knife-attack at a railway station of Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming, China on Sunday night. At least 33 people were killed and at least 140 wounded in the knife-attack, triggering…
3 Bangladeshi workers die, 2 hurt in Bahrain fire
Three Bangladeshi workers died of smoke inhalation on Friday after a fire broke out in their room in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Two more Bangladeshis suffered injuries in the fire incident that took place around 3:30am in a residential…
HRW asks Saudi Arabia: End summary deportation of Somalis, Yemenis
More than 12,000 Somalis have been deported since 1 January 2014 from Saudi Arabia back to conflict-ridden Somalia, according to Human Rights Watch. In the absence of any protection screening and referral mechanism prior to departure, Saudi Arabia risks violating…
Jobs in Korea: Skill test for BD workers begins
The skill test for Bangladeshi job seekers in South Korea started at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre here on Friday with some 571 Bangladeshi job seekers taking part in it.
Oman giving over 100,000 jobs from expatriates to its own nationals
Muscat: More than 100,000 jobs are to be stripped from expatriates and given to Omanis as the government works to redress the imbalance in the Sultanate’s employment market. Minister of Manpower Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Bakri on Monday affirmed…
Immediately compensate Rana Plaza victims’ families
Leaders of RMG workers on Friday at a rally in the city demanded of the government to compensate the families of the Rana Plaza victims immediately.
DCCI training on business communication ends
Dhaka – The five-day training course on “International Business Communication in English” concluded at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) through awarding certificates among the participants on Wednesday. DCCI vice president Kh. Shahidul Islam has called upon the entrepreneurs…