Bangladesh, Oct. 14 -- It is hard to get reliable data on unemployment rate in Bangladesh. The official data puts the unemployment rate at around 4.4 per cent. The figure appears too low given the situation prevailing in the job market.
The World Vision last year estimated that one in ten youths is without job in the country. According to estimate done by the International Labour Organisation in 2016, the unemployment rate among youths aged between 15 and 24 years was nearly 12 per cent.
The agriculture sector does still absorb nearly 47 per cent of the country's labour force despite the fact that the rate of underemployment and seasonal unemployment in the sector is quite high.
The official labour force survey takes into cognizance self...