unemployment

Scrap vessel imports fall to four-year low

Scrap vessel imports by Bangladesh hit a four-year low in 2022 as banks in the country have become reluctant to open letters of credit amid the ongoing US dollar shortage, according to industry people.

Graduate unemployment: Who's to blame?

The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.

Without good teachers, any education reform agenda is futile

The solution to this problem lies in generating more opportunities for the employment of our graduates – at home and abroad.

Fall in revenues at world's largest gambling hub forces businesses to shut down in China's Macau

Plunging casino revenues in Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, are taking a heavy toll on the wider economy, forcing hundreds of businesses to close down and pushing unemployment to its highest level since 2009.

1.38cr people underemployed

For nearly two years, Raushan Mahmud has been working as a cashier at a firm that produces garment accessories in Gazipur.

Unemployment: Dhaka 6th in Asia

Dhaka ranked sixth among 25 Asian capital cities in official unemployment ratings, whereas Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has the highest rate and Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, recorded as the lowest in this regard, a study reveals recently.

Youths need to be properly equipped

Bangladesh's large youth population has to be equipped with right set of skills to make them employable in the fast-changing job

Anti-people budget: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed rejects the proposed national budget for the next fiscal terming it as anti-people.

Unemployed nurses lay siege to directorate office

Unemployed nurses lay siege to the Directorate of Nursing Services at Agargaon in Dhaka since this morning protesting a circular seeking to recruit 3,616 senior nurses.

February 5, 2023
February 5, 2023

Scrap vessel imports fall to four-year low

Scrap vessel imports by Bangladesh hit a four-year low in 2022 as banks in the country have become reluctant to open letters of credit amid the ongoing US dollar shortage, according to industry people.

January 13, 2023
January 13, 2023

Graduate unemployment: Who's to blame?

The populist remedies for youth and educated unemployment will not work without a coherent and coordinated plan from the government.

December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022

Without good teachers, any education reform agenda is futile

The solution to this problem lies in generating more opportunities for the employment of our graduates – at home and abroad.

June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022

Fall in revenues at world's largest gambling hub forces businesses to shut down in China's Macau

Plunging casino revenues in Macau, the world's largest gambling hub, are taking a heavy toll on the wider economy, forcing hundreds of businesses to close down and pushing unemployment to its highest level since 2009.

October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019

1.38cr people underemployed

For nearly two years, Raushan Mahmud has been working as a cashier at a firm that produces garment accessories in Gazipur.

October 15, 2017
October 15, 2017

Unemployment: Dhaka 6th in Asia

Dhaka ranked sixth among 25 Asian capital cities in official unemployment ratings, whereas Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has the highest rate and Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, recorded as the lowest in this regard, a study reveals recently.

July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017

Youths need to be properly equipped

Bangladesh's large youth population has to be equipped with right set of skills to make them employable in the fast-changing job

June 2, 2016
June 2, 2016

Anti-people budget: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed rejects the proposed national budget for the next fiscal terming it as anti-people.

April 2, 2016
April 2, 2016

Unemployed nurses lay siege to directorate office

Unemployed nurses lay siege to the Directorate of Nursing Services at Agargaon in Dhaka since this morning protesting a circular seeking to recruit 3,616 senior nurses.

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Frustrated, post-graduate returns all his certificates

A physically challenged man with sound higher education in Lalmonirhat returned all his academic certificates to the government yesterday.