Bangladesh, July 17 -- Unemployment was at the core of the July Uprising that toppled the Awami League regime, but Bangladesh has not been able to deal with the problem, Youth Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said.

On Thursday, Asif, a former representative of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, said though employment issues cannot be resolved overnight, not much progress has been made.

"Given that 63 percent of our population is under the age of 35, an unprecedented figure, very few countries face a similar demographic challenge."

Speaking at a workshop in the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), he acknowledged that unemployment remains "Bangladesh's biggest challenge", yet admitted the state has been unabl...