Unemployment problem rising

On June 23, 2015, The Daily Star published an interview of Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury. In his interview, Professor Serajul Islam talked about some crucial problems of our country which also include unemployment problem. As per Economist Intelligence Unit, 47% of our graduates are unemployed. The ILO figures show that Bangladesh is in 12th position among the top twenty countries where unemployment is rising. Every year some 2.7 million young people are becoming eligible for jobs whereas only 0.7 million of them are getting jobs. All these figures and data show how alarming the unemployment condition in our country is. I think government should think over this issue seriously and take concrete measures immediately.

Ashek Sarker
Comilla