Department of Youth Development

Head

Gazi Mohammad Saifuzzaman

Role

Director General

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

n/a

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

The Department of Youth Development is focused on scaling vocational and ICT-based training to address youth unemployment and the NEET demographic.

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. [2026-06-08 audit correction] DG corrected Faruk Ahmed -> Gazi Mohammad Saifuzzaman (official DYD portal, Grade-1). RAISE WB approval date is 18 Dec 2025 (not 24 Dec).