Dhaka, July 06 – Although some 2,000 people used to move to Dhaka every day from across Bangladesh seeking a better life barely six months back, many are now leaving the capital, in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than one in six youth out of work due to Covid-19: ILO
Geneva, 28 May (Kanaga Raja) – More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. According to the fourth edition of the ILO Monitor, among…
Youth unemployment 28pc in Bangladesh
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Thursday said currently 28 percent youth are unemployed in the country.
Unemployment forces people to go abroad taking risk: BNP
Dhaka, Jun 15 – BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday said Bangladeshi youths are opting to take risky voyage to go abroad for lack of jobs in the country. “Having failed to endure the pain of unemployment…
Unemployment forces people to migrate risking life: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, May 12 – In the wake of the death of dozens of Bangladeshis in Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia, Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday said it is shameful for the nation that people…
European citizens back unemployment reinsurance
Experts argue that European Monetary Union (EMU) has to be completed by ‘automatic fiscal stabilisers’. Welfare states have built-in stabilisers which cushion economic shocks—unemployment benefits, for instance, support the purchasing power of people who lose their jobs and so sustain…