Dubai Taxi Company will recruit 6,000 skilled drivers from Bangladesh this year, according to information shared during a courtesy meeting between the company’s delegation and Bangladesh’s Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in Dhaka on Sunday. Interviews for driver recruitment will begin tomorrow at the Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Center.

During the meeting, the minister thanked the delegation for prioritizing Bangladeshi drivers and assured full cooperation from the ministry. He urged the company to provide salaries and allowances during the training period in Dubai and requested that doctors, nurses, and other professionals also be recruited from Bangladesh. The company representatives said they currently employ about 15,000 drivers from 27 countries, including around 8,000 Bangladeshis, and plan to screen 1,500 candidates in the initial phase.

State Minister Md. Nurul Haque called for reducing migration costs to within 100,000 taka, noting that many drivers take loans to work abroad. Representatives from Al Anas Overseas, an approved recruiting agency, expressed interest in hiring cleaners, technicians, and mechanics from Bangladesh as well.