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ICAB for tighter rules to check illegal employment of foreigners
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:14am on March 22, 2021
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh on Sunday suggested that the National Board of Revenue should tighten rules to prevent employment of unauthorised foreign...
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Government mulls ratifying ILO’s employment age convention
Jasim Uddin | Updated at 11:43pm on February 06, 2021
The government is considering ratification of the International Labour Organisation’s minimum age convention for admission into employment in a bid to keep its duty-free market...
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Biden vows to ‘act fast’ on US stimulus amid weak Jan hiring
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:33pm on February 06, 2021
US President Joe Biden on Friday seized on feeble US employment data to argue the world’s largest economy needs his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package,...
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US jobless claim data underscores employment crisis awaiting Biden
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:42pm on January 22, 2021
US government data released the day after Joe Biden entered the White House made clear the scale of the employment crisis facing the new president...
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Drop in US jobless claims small bright spot in troubled labour market
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:39pm on December 04, 2020
A drop in new applications for US unemployment benefits reported on Thursday offered small comfort to the millions of Americans who will see pandemic aid...
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Employment situation in dire straits
Shakhawat Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman | Updated at 12:11am on September 15, 2020
The unemployment problem in the country has become dire following the COVID-19 outbreak as the two-month-long total shutdown and its lingering effects have caused countless...
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Challenges for disability inclusive employment in Bangladesh
Md Taslim Uddin | Updated at 12:00am on September 15, 2020
RENOWNED physicist Stephen Hawking writes, ‘We have a moral duty to remove the barriers to participation, and to invest sufficient funding and expertise to unlock...
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US Fed unveils major policy shift to maximise job growth
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:41pm on August 28, 2020
The US central bank rolled out a major policy change on Thursday that gives greater weight to its mission of maximizing employment for the benefit...
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Govt drafts employment policy, eyes 3 crore new jobs by 2030
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:10pm on August 23, 2020
The government has drafted the National Employment Policy 2020 with the aim of absorbing the surplus labour through creating jobs for three crore people by...
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Moves to streamline foreigners’ jobs in Bangladesh fall flat
Jasim Uddin | Updated at 11:59pm on August 21, 2020
All major steps taken by government agencies to check illegal employment of and tax evasion by foreign nationals and to prepare a database of such...