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Age limit for challenged to increase: Minister
From left, lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman, Action on Disability and Development (ADD) International Country Director Mosharaff Hossain, Social Welfare Minister Enamul Hoque Mostofa Shaheed and its Secretary Ranjit Kumar Biswas, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu and BLAST Honorary Director Barrister Sara Hossain at a consultation meeting organised by the Bangladesh chapter of ADD International and Manusher Jonno Foundation at the city's Spectra Convention Centre yesterday.Photo: STAR
The government will extend age limit of persons with disabilities by two years and visually impaired people by 10 years to facilitate them for applying for government jobs, Social Welfare Minister Enamul Hoque Mostofa Shaheed said yesterday. "I have almost completed the procedure of increasing age limit for persons with disabilities, while the procedure for visually impaired people remains under plan", he said. Currently, the maximum age limit for applying for government jobs is 30. The social welfare minister was speaking on "Rights of Persons With Disabilities (draft) Act 2011 " at a consultation meeting at the city's Spectra Convention Centre. The minister said he will request the parliamentary standing committee on his ministry to arrange public hearing on the draft after placing it in parliament. Strongly criticising the draft, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman said it will keep the rights of the challenged hostage to the bureaucrats. "Bureaucrats are acting as barriers at every stage on the way of the nation's progress. The same way, they will play the same role in ensuring welfare for persons with disabilities". "I think, if the draft act is passed in its current format, it will not fully protect the rights of people with disability", Dr Mizan said. The consultation meeting was organised by Bangladesh chapter of Action on Disability and Development (ADD) International in cooperation with Manusher Jonno Foundation. Lawmakers Hasanul Haq Inu and Asaduzzaman Noor, Social Welfare Secretary Ranjit Kumar Biswas, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service Trust (Blast) honorary director Sara Hossain, and Bangladesh Supreme Court Advocate Khondaker Shahriar Shakir also spoke.
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