18,000 youths to be trained under freelancing project: Asif Nazrul

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Nazrul today (4 January) said some 18,000 youths will be trained under a freelancing training project.

Freelancing has immense potential for educated youths of the country, he said while inaugurating a three-month-long training course at the conference room of the Ministry of Youth and Sports at the Secretariat this morning. 

The project titled creating employment through freelancing training for educated job-seeking youths in 48 districts across the country.

Asif Nazrul, also the law adviser, noted that freelancing needs to be expanded further as it allows individuals to work without running after jobs and does not require significant investment to start earning or doing business.

He continued that freelancing lets people work from home without needing big offices, shops, or middlemen to find jobs. 

With today's rapid growth of information technology, he added, the place and time of work no longer matter since distance is no barrier.

Mentioning that there is a huge opportunity for many Bangladeshis to earn through freelancing by working with institutions in Europe and America, the adviser said countries like China and India are already embracing the opportunity extensively.

He said the initiative has just begun and there is scope and necessity to further expand this freelancing training project and similar initiatives.