Bangladesh, Oct. 8 -- Social Welfare Minister Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain on Wednesday has called for creating opportunities to use the wisdom, experience and professional skills of elderly people for the benefit of the younger generation and national development.

Retirement from working life should not be treated as the end of a person's usefulness to society; rather, opportunities should be created for elderly people to continue contributing to society and the state, he said.

The minister made the remarks while addressing a programme organised by the Department of Social Services at Agargaon in Dhaka on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.

Zahid Hossain said Bangladesh's average life expectancy had increased si...