Youth and Ambition
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Unlike older industrialised societies with growing legions of ageing dependents, Bangladesh has a very youthful demographic.

  • 36.63% of the population are economically active (15 years and over).

  • The country is young too, not yet 40 years old.

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  • Bangladesh has 31 public universities, 51 private universities, 202 teacher training colleges and 3,116 technical and vocational institutions.
  • Typical of the sub-continent, vocational training and professional qualifications are highly respected.
  • Thousands of Bangladeshis who have wide work experience abroad add to the national reservoir of skill.

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English widely spoken

  • The national language is Bengali or ‘Bangla’.
  • Yet our second language, English, is widely spoken, understood and written.
  • More than 90% of staff at management level is fluent in English.