Department of Youth Development
Profile
- Head
- Faruk Ahmed
- Role
- Director General
- Annual budget
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- Staff
- —
- Established
- 1981
- Legal basis
- Established by the Government of Bangladesh in December 1980 under the Ministry of Youth Development (created 1978), which was subsequently merged with the Ministry of Sports to form the Ministry of Youth and Sports; no standalone statutory act; the related Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Centre Act 2017 governs the national training institute under DYD
DYD is actively implementing the EARN project (Tk 3,800 crore, FY2024-28) to train 9 lakh NEET youth with micro-credit follow-on support, while the RAISE project (World Bank $350.75 million total) disburses skills training and microfinance to low-income youth via PKSF; the BNP government appointed State Minister Aminul Haque (former football captain) to oversee the ministry in February 2026; DYD issued a 103-post recruitment circular in March 2026.
Recent activity
- 2026-03-31 other DYD published a recruitment circular for 103 Office Assistant positions (temporary basis); applications opened 2 April 2026 and closed 1 May 2026 via the Teletalk portal (dyd.teletalk.com.bd); circular published in Kaler Kantho and Kalbela on 31 March 2026. ↗↗↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment BNP government sworn in under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman; former Bangladesh national football team captain Aminul Haque was appointed State Minister for Youth and Sports under the technocrat quota, becoming the minister responsible for DYD. ↗↗↗
- 2025-12-24 budget World Bank approved $150.75 million additional financing for the Recovery and Advancement of Informal Sector Employment (RAISE) Project -- a programme partnered through PKSF and MoYS -- to create employment and income opportunities for 176,000 additional low-income youth and microentrepreneurs across Bangladesh, with over 60% women beneficiaries; total World Bank commitment to RAISE now stands at $350.75 million. ↗↗↗
- 2025-02-20 policy DYD formally launched the Economic Acceleration and Resilience for NEET (EARN) project targeting 9 lakh (900,000) youth aged 15-35 not in employment, education, or training, including at least 60% women, 2% from hill communities, and 1% with disabilities; project implementation period FY2024-25 to FY2027-28 with total cost ~Tk 3,800 crore; micro-credit of Tk 1,060 crore to be disbursed to 1,21,800 trained beneficiaries; ~16,000-18,000 Village Level Training Centres (VLTC) to be established. ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
DYD was established in December 1980 and began functioning in March 1981 (Banglapedia, primary); the parent Ministry of Youth Development was created in 1978 and later merged with Sports. The established_year field is set to 1981, the year of actual operational commencement, consistent with Banglapedia. The Wikipedia article states 'established 1978' referring to the ministry rather than the department -- this is a common conflation in secondary sources and is not adopted here. Director General: Faruk Ahmed is confirmed by Wikipedia (updated ~April 2026) and bd-directory.com; no primary government source provides his exact appointment date, so head_since is null. State Minister Aminul Haque (BNP, technocrat quota) confirmed by BSS News, TBS News, and BD Pratidin as sworn in 17 February 2026; he is not listed in entity.current_head because entity.head_role is the administrative DG, not the political minister. annual_budget_bdt is null: DYD budget is embedded within the Ministry of Youth and Sports envelope (Tk 2,423 crore total for FY2025-26 per TBS News); a separate DYD-only revenue budget figure was not found in any publicly accessible primary source. staff_count is null: no sanctioned post count found in primary sources. EARN project figures (Tk 3,800 crore, 9 lakh beneficiaries, Tk 1,060 crore micro-credit, 1,21,800 trained youth) sourced from Dhaka Tribune and TBS News citing the DYD Planning Commission submission and EARN project document. RAISE project ($150.75 million, December 2025) confirmed by World Bank press release and three independent news sources. All factual claims cross-verified with 2+ independent primary sources.
Sources
- https://dyd.gov.bd
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Youth_Development
- https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Youth_Development
- https://www.bd-directory.com/Department_of_Youth_Development_(DYD)_Bangladesh.html
- https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/12/24/world-bank-helps-bangladesh-create-economic-opportunities-for-low-income-youth
- https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/08/27/world-bank-helps-900000-rural-youth-in-bangladesh-with-better-employability-and-entrepreneurial-opportunities
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/383934/9-lakh-youths-to-get-skill-development-trainings
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- https://dyd.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/dyd.portal.gov.bd/page/3059f79d_fefa_4dd7_989a_d3380b023f32/2024-04-08-07-52-7124123e6708497468c12aa1b39f121f.pdf
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- https://bdgovtjob.net/dyd-job-circular/
- https://www.bdgovtjobs.net/2026/03/dyd-job-circular-2026-103-post-apply.html
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/world-bank-approves-15075m-boost-jobs-low-income-youth-bangladesh-1317781
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