The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs said it has received scores of applications from job-seeking citizens of different education levels, adding that the number of candidates on the first day was 928 for 2,065 jobs. The Ministry said the job-seekers only need to go to the the website of the Ministry and choose the link for the type of job, then key in their the ID number and phone number, and finally enter the code sent by text message.
The Ministry added that the system allows the job aspirants to view the available openings in different institutions and select up to three job opportunities.
They will receive a text message confirming they have completed registration.
The statement added that due to some of the observations received on the first day from the job-seekers, which needed some adjustments, the system was put on hold to add the updates and raise its efficiency so that users can view all open vacancies and select the suitable jobs according to their qualifications.


MEC launches new service
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has launched a new service that enables law firms to send their queries on establishing companies through a designated e-mail.
The specialists at the designated MEC department would respond to these e-mails within 24 hours. This would save these law firms the trouble to go to the MEC for any queries. The e-mail for this service is: [email protected] and questions could be sent during normal working hours. This initiative is part of the MEC efforts to constantly improve its services and upgrade its comprehensive business solutions system.

Indian embassy asks for student details
The Indian embassy has appealed to parents looking for admission at various Indian schools for this academic year to submit the details of the children before April 7.
“As the data is to be submitted to the Ministry concerned within a stipulated time frame, the information on admission issues may kindly be sent at the designated e-mail ([email protected]) by April 7, 2018 positively,” said a press note from the embassy.

Marginal fall in population
By Ramesh Mathew/Staff Reporter

There was a marginal fall of 15,300 in the country’s population during the one-month period between February 28 and March 31, according to the figures released by the Ministry of development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) yesterday. The figures show a falling trend between February and March for the third year running.
The MDPS said the country has 2,685,053 individuals in March against 2,700,390 in February. Of them 2,012,745 are males (almost 75% of the total population) and 672,308 females.
Last year also, there was a fall between February and March, according to the ministry. While the total was 2,673,022 in February 2017, the number fell to 2,659,261 the next month. In 2016 also there was a similar fall, from 2,545,603 to 2,526, 994, it said.