Nearly one-third of the unemployed hold higher education degrees, and unemployment is higher among highly educated women.

Reform must focus on skills development, expanding job market

The recent unrest stemming from a student movement seeking reforms to the quota policy for government jobs boiled over into violence after the initially peaceful protest was allegedly attacked by an opposing party.

Bangladesh’s high youth unemployment rate necessitates specific remedial steps, including ways for employment generation and adoption of prerequisite education and training, which the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2024-25 did not include, according to analysts.

Government must be serious about decreasing women NEET

We need a strategy to deal with youth unemployment and improve women's inclusion into the economy

At a discussion on SDG implementation, speakers said it will be difficult for Bangladesh to achieve the set goals without creating jobs for the unemployed youth, and we agree with this assessment.

Leader of the Opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad humiliates journalists saying most of them chose the profession due to lack of employment.

For the first time less than 10% of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015, says World Bank.