Major problems

If the workers employed in a productive sector are estimated to be more than their actual requirements, and all the employed laborers get their wages at a uniform rate, employment of excess people in this case is to create disguised unemployment. Unemployment is one of the most important economic problems in Bangladesh. A large portion of labor force of the country is suffering from the problem of unemployment and underemployment. But at present it is difficult to say the exact volume of unemployment in the country unless fresh and accurate population census is made. The problem of unemployment prevails in Bangladesh for various reasons. These may be discussed under the following heads: excessive dependence on agriculture, economic backwards, defective education system, growth of population, apathy towards manual labor, depression, lack of technical knowledge, social and religious environment. Speedy solution of unemployment in Bangladesh is essential. For this purpose, the following measure can be suggested: to solve the seasonal unemployment problem in the agriculture sector, cottage industry must be extended and developed in rural areas so that unemployed farmers in slack season can be provided with subsidiary occupation. With the extension of rural cottage industries, a large number of women and children will also get opportunity to work in these industries.