RANGPUR, Bangladesh—In July 2024, when young Bangladeshis frustrated with their job prospects were taking to the streets, Faruk Ahmed Shipon joined them each day. To the amazement of the 25-year-old, ...

DHAKA, July 23 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week ...

DHAKA, June 29 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh government ordered tax and customs workers to return to work immediately on Sunday and end a two-day nationwide strike that has brought tax operations to a ...

The prime minister noted that opportunities related to jobs, healthcare, education, and children’s schooling have become heavily concentrated in Dhaka over many years, not in a short time.

The death toll in Bangladesh from a crackdown on massive student protests has risen to at least 174, with more than 2,500 people arrested, after police and soldiers were granted “shoot-on-sight” ...

, Sept. 10 -- The government has decided to raise the upper age limit for doctors and persons with disabilities applying for government jobs to 34, after a recent ordinance set the maximum age for all ...