21 lakh unemployed in country
Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said in the parliament that the number of unemployed people in the country is 21 lakh.
The minister disclosed it referring the survey titled 'Labour force survey 2006' conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
He, however, said his ministry does not have any exact data about the educated unemployed people in the country.
In a scripted answer to a question of Awami League lawmaker Iamjuddin Pramanik, the labour minister said the government has taken various measures to generate employment.
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