Dhaka, May 1 -- Amid the growing unemployment problem in the country, experts have said the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector can be an effective tool to resolve the problem if it gets necessary support to flourish.

They said there is no alternative now to putting emphasis on the SME sector and creating skilled manpower through technology-based education.

A large number of educated youths are now unemployed in the country. The current rate of unemployment will rise further in the future and the government should think for more employment generation for youths, they said.

According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), country's unemployment rate increased to 4.37 percent in December 2017 from 4.35 percent in 2016.

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