Staff Reporter:
Dubai Taxi Company will recruit 6,000 skilled drivers from Bangladesh this year.
As part of the process, interviews for driver recruitment will begin today at the Bangladesh-Korea Tech-nical Training Centre.
The information was disclosed yesterday during a courtesy meeting between Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury and a delegation of Dubai Taxi Company at the ministry.
During the meeting, the minister thanked the delegation for recruiting skilled drivers from Bangladesh and expressed hope that the initiative would continue in the future. He said the ministry would provide all kinds of support throughout the process.
The minister also urged the company to ensure salaries and allowances for workers during their training period after arriving in Dubai. At the same time, he requested them to recruit other professionals from Bangladesh, including doctors and nurses.
At the meeting, representatives of Al Anas Overseas, an approved recruiting agency for sending workers to the United Arab Emirates, said they are also interested in recruiting cleaners, technicians and mechan-ics from Bangladesh alongside drivers.
Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Md Mokhter Ahmed, sen-ior officials of Dubai Taxi Company and other ministry officials were present at the meeting.
