“My grandfather was a Chowdhury, how can I be a carpenter?”—a classic Bangladeshi mindset, where jobs involving tools, wheels, or grease are treated like social demotion.

The job market in any field has always been competitive.

Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) has called jobseekers for a written test – for assistant manager post – nearly eight years after they applied.

Bangladesh Bank directs all banks not to take any fees in the form of pay order or bank draft from job applicants.