Bangladesh needs a comprehensive care system
Changes in work pattern, migration, inflation and climate change make the care arrangements that heavily rely on families unsuitable.
29 October 2024, 11:13 AM
Can Bangladesh protect its senior citizens?
Bangladesh has about 15 million people aged 60 and above; by 2050, this number will have more than doubled to 36 million.
1 October 2023, 10:14 AM
Devaluing women's unpaid care work is costing us all
Women in Bangladesh spend about 25 percent of their time daily on unpaid care work while men spend 3.3 percent of their time on the same.
26 December 2022, 01:00 AM
How the Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework will connect education and training to the job market
The Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) combines general education, technical-vocational education and higher education into one harmonised, quality-assured system.
9 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Why every migrant worker should travel with a ‘skills passport’
During the early months of the Covid-19 global pandemic, almost 400,000 migrant workers were forced to return home, not knowing when the crisis would end or when they would return to their jobs.
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Youth skills in the era of Covid-19 and beyond
The theme of the World Youth Skills Day 2020 (observed on July 15) is “skills and resilient youth”.
16 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Skills learning changes lives and must be lifelong
Today, there are 1.2 billion young people aged between 15-24 years—almost a fifth of the world’s population.
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Enforce building code for all public establishments
Six long years have passed since the horrific tragedy that engulfed Rana Plaza on April 24, 2013. Over 1,100 workers perished that day and the devastation sent shockwaves not just through the ready-made garment (RMG) sector but across the entire world.
23 April 2019, 18:00 PM