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July 24, 2024

News Desk

Bangladesh to open 93% of government jobs to competition after deadly student protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s government said Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93 percent of government jobs are open to competition, meeting a key student demand after a week of some of the country’s deadliest protests in years. . However, the students raised new demands, including the lifting of the curfew, the restoration of internet services and the reopening of university campuses, leaving it unclear whether the government’s acceptance of the court order will fully quell the unrest. Relative calm prevailed for a second straight day in Dhaka and most major cities, although the army chief said security had

July 23, 2024

News Desk

India’s Modi spends billions on jobs, key allies in first post-election budget

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media after meeting President Droupadi Murmu, to claim the formation of the new government at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2024. — Reuters India lowers its fiscal deficit target to 4.9% of GDP in 2024-25. The new budget cuts taxes for foreign companies to attract investment. The government will promote reforms in all factors of production, says FM. India unveiled billions of dollars in spending to create new jobs and appease key coalition partners in the first budget by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government after an electoral setback, aiming

July 21, 2024

News Desk

India’s economy soars, but youth crave government jobs

MUMBAI: Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a job in the Indian government. Crammed with dozens of others in makeshift classrooms under tin roofs with barely enough light and air, Kumar has spent years cramming for a series of tests, including the infamous civil service exam required to land a job as a federal government bureaucrat. He also tried for a provincial civil service post and two other tests for lower level government posts. He has failed in 13 attempts to find a job. A resident of Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most

July 21, 2024

News Desk

Bangladesh court overturns job quotas that sparked deadly protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday overturned most of the quotas on government posts that had sparked student-led protests in which at least 114 people were killed in the South Asian country, local media reported. The court’s Appellate Division overturned a lower court order that had restored quotas, saying 93% of government jobs will be open to candidates based on merit, without quotas, reports said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government scrapped the quota system in 2018, but a lower court reinstated it last month, sparking protests and a government crackdown that followed. Streets near the Supreme Court fell silent immediately

July 7, 2024

News Desk

Bangladeshi students protest against public sector employment quotas

DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshi university students barricaded key highways on Sunday, demanding an end to “discriminatory” quotas for coveted government jobs, including reservation for children of liberation heroes. Students at nearly every major university participated, demanding a merit system for well-paid and massively overfunded civil service positions. “It’s a do-or-die situation for us,” protest coordinator Nahidul Islam said AFPduring marches at Dhaka University. “Quotas are a discriminatory system,” added the 26-year-old. “The system needs to be reformed.” The current system retains more than half of the positions, totaling hundreds of thousands of government jobs. This includes 30 percent earmarked for

June 6, 2024

News Desk

Modi appeal clouded in India elections by prices, jobs, graft, survey says

NEW DELHI: A lack of jobs, high inflation and falling incomes in India led voters to rein in support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a general election where his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win a majority, a survey found. However, Modi’s leadership was a strong pull to give his alliance another term, he said. He was named leader on Wednesday of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which won a majority of seats, the first time his Hindu nationalist BJP has had to rely on regional parties for support to form a government. The NDA won 293 seats

June 2, 2024

News Desk

Controlling inflation, creating jobs is the government’s priority

Islamabad: Petroleum Minister Dr. Musadiq Masood Malik on Saturday stressed that controlling inflation and providing employment opportunities are the top priorities of the government. Addressing a press conference here, he said that with the Prime Minister’s directives, maximum relief to the masses is being ensured, resulting in gradual reduction of inflation across the country. The prime minister has set targets for all ministers to serve the people, reduce their burden by controlling inflation and create job opportunities, he said. He explained that factors such as floods, natural disasters and conflicts such as the Russia-Ukraine and Middle East crises have caused

January 11, 2024

News Desk

Google sends hundreds of employees looking for jobs in tight tech market

Those changes were part of organizational changes aimed at boosting efficiency, a Google spokesperson said The Google logo is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 25, 2018. —Reuters Google has begun major layoffs, mainly affecting departments such as core engineering, the hardware responsible for Pixel and Fitbit devices, and the team behind Google Assistant. The New York Times and Semaphore first reported the layoffs, which have now been officially confirmed by Google. The core engineering team faced significant cuts, with notices and loss of system access for “several hundred” workers, the New York

April 1, 2022

The Pakistan Daily

PTI govt creates over 5.5 million jobs over last three years, claims Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: The PTI government created over 5.5 million jobs over the last three years because of policy interventions in productive sectors of the economy including agriculture, industries and construction. This was stated by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar while briefing media persons in Islamabad on Friday. Asad Umar said in addition 1.1 million people went abroad for employment through the Bureau of Immigration. Giving a sector-wise breakup, Asad Umar said a job increase of 1.5 million was witnessed in the agriculture sector over the last three years whilst during the five-year tenure of PML (N), a decline of

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