Competition for each job vacancy in Bangladesh’s formal market has surged nearly 66 percent since the Covid-19 pandemic, a study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has found.

Finds new BIDS study analysing 547 weeks of online job portal data

The Daily Star (TDS): Considering that employment was one of the core issues fueling the recent uprising, what measures should the government implement to address this challenge?

It is well understood that labour market mismatch may occur because of a lack of investment in key industries.

Reform must focus on skills development, expanding job market

Creating new jobs requires increased investments and the establishment of new businesses.

What are the factors that contribute to the marginalisation of the academic degree of a language in its own country?

State Minister for Public Administration, Farhad Hossain, told parliament today that the government has no plan to raise the age limit for entering government service.

Nayan Ahmed started searching for a job since his graduation in 2016. Every day, he browses through newspapers and online job portals for employment opportunities in public service and spends hours to ready himself.

Some 8.5 lakh women lost jobs in the industrial sector between 2013 and 2016-17 -- a development that the Centre for Policy