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Job growth didn’t stumble too much - writes Salman F Rahman

Salman F Rahman, country's leading businessman, a lawmaker and the Prime Minister's advisor wrote an article in ' The Business Standard ' where he illustrated how the government of Bangladesh fought the COVID-19 successfully. He mentioned that job growth rate was stable, employment generation was ongoing, agro-workers could work, freelancers could work.  Here are important parts of his interview:  The country's job growth did not get impeded too much due to the pandemic. There was a minor setback, but the job sector has already ridden it out. For example, farmers do not get enough agro-workers during the paddy harvesting season. If there had been intensive unemployment, more workers would turn up for farm work. Even industries do not get the required skilled manpower they need. Garments and pharmaceuticals have a crisis in skilled labour. He mentioned no doctor or engineer were jobless -  There is no doctor or engineer who is jobless. You will get none with vocation...