Unemployment

Illustration: Collected
Bangladesh

Educated but unemployed; joblessness soars among graduates in Bangladesh 

Despite holding university degrees, a growing number of young graduates in Bangladesh are struggling to secure employment, underlining a critical issue within the country’s labour market

Infograph: TBS
Economy

Bangladesh's job crisis deepens as private sector stalls

How can Bangladesh integrate the remaining half into its labour force?
Panorama

How can Bangladesh integrate the remaining half into its labour force?

A column chart titled "Monthly change in US jobs" that tracks the metric over the past year. Employers added 143,000 jobs in January. Photo: Reuters
USA

US job growth slows in January; unemployment rate at 4.0%

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Reducing unemployment through the private sector

The failure to establish a robust industrial sector in Bangladesh has led young graduates to pursue BCS. Photo: TBS
Panorama

What is keeping educated youth from entering the traditional workforce?

Unemployed population rises by 1.7 lakh in one year: BBS
Economy

Unemployed population rises by 1.7 lakh in one year: BBS

Job seekers attend a job fair organised by the employment department of the Delhi state government in New Delhi, India, January 21, 2019. Picture taken January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Bangladesh

Why addressing unemployment must be a top priority in Bangladesh

Md. Kamruzzaman, widely known as Babu Kamruzzaman, is a Special Correspondent at News24 Television. Photo: Courtesy
Thoughts

Tackling youth unemployment in Bangladesh: A key priority for economic growth

The quarries in Bholaganj, Jaflong, and Bichnakandi have been closed for years under the pretext of environmental preservation. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Thousands wallow in unemployment as Sylhet stone quarries shut over environmental concerns

Representational image. Picture: Collected
Bangladesh

Calls for nationwide worker registration to address unemployment

Compulsory vocational courses proposed for NU colleges to cut unemployment
Education

Compulsory vocational courses proposed for NU colleges to cut unemployment

The city skyline is reflected in a pool left on the dry riverbed of the receding Jialing river, China, August 20, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
China

Some companies change tack in China with no recovery in sight