A year after an uprising forced the Sheikh Hasina regime in Bangladesh out of power, challenges persist to address the severe lack of jobs among youth who took their grievances to the streets. Last year, about 18,000 government recruitments were available, yet more than 2 million young people enter the job market each year. Meanwhile, the cutting of aid from the US has left about 20,000 development workers in Bangladesh jobless, said aid agency Caritas. Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who heads the youth and sports ministry, has said the government had plans to create 500,000 new jobs for youth besides training 900,000 young people. "You cannot create thousands of industries or millions of jobs right away, but you can make sure that businesses that provide jobs to workers keep running," she said.

Source: bd News24 August 01, 2025 11:02 UTC