Dubai Taxi Corporation will hire 1,300 cab and motorcycle drivers from Bangladesh this year, State Minister for Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury has said. The Dubai Taxi Corporation is owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates. The state minister issued a statement after meeting with Abdulla Ali Khaseif AlHmoudi, the UAE ambassador to Bangladesh, on Thursday. One of these meetings was with the Dubai Taxi Corporation. “The UAE will also hire 2,000 drivers from next year,” he added.