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

Big names including Hermes, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, United Airlines, Unilever and Mercedes said Chinese customers are curbing spending as a property crisis drags on and youth unemployment stays high

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Thoughts

From crisis to opportunity: Tackling unemployment in Bangladesh

The research was presented by LightCastle Partners at a dialogue held at a hotel in the capital’s Gulshan today. Photo: Courtesy
RMG

Unemployment fears rise as 80% of RMG owners adopt automation

Farooq-E-Azam, adviser to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Unemployment rate among poor nearly 50%: Adviser Farooq-e-Azam

A JICA delegation led by its Chief Representative ICHIGUCHI Tomohide called on Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam today (6 October). Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Interim government’s key focus to reduce unemployment: Nahid

An employment exam for a manufacturing operator position at the Government Industrial Training Institute in Lucknow on Sept. 4. India’s July budget promised 2 trillion rupees over five years to boost manufacturing jobs and train 2 million people. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg
South Asia

India's economic boom has not solved its job crisis

Job fair, Shijiazhuang, February 25, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Jason Lee
China

New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment

Job seekers crowd a job fair at Liberation Square in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China February 25, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
China

'Rotten-tail kids': China's rising youth unemployment breeds new working class

Dr Fahmida Khatun. Sketch: TBS
Economy

More unemployment among youth with higher education: Fahmida Khatun  

Palestinians shop at a makeshift market set up next to buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Unemployment nears 80% in Gaza, UN agency says

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
World+Biz

Global unemployment to slightly fall in 2024: UN labour body

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Bangladesh

Unemployment rises to 3.51% in Q1, overseas jobs rise 14% from March

People walk at a crowded market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 6, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

What's behind high joblessness among India's youth?