World Bank Group Vice President for South Asia Johannes Zutt has said the organisation will intensify its support for ...

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, ...

LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a ...

Nearly half of working-age youths in Bangladesh did not find jobs over the past decade, with young women facing particularly steep barriers, said Johannes Zutt, the World Bank’s vice-president for ...