Various banks are laying off many people who were hired without any kind of recruitment notice and competitive examination. However, new recruitments are not being made at that rate. This has reduced the number of employees in the banking sector. The number of female employees has decreased more. This information has emerged in the June-based updated report published by Bangladesh Bank.

According to Bangladesh Bank data, the total number of employees in the banking sector has decreased to 213,267 as of June 2013. It was 214,245 as of December 2013. That is, a decrease of 978 in the last 6 months. The overall number of employees has decreased mainly due to the reduction of more than 2,000 female employees in private sector banks.

The number of female employees in the banking sector at the end of June stood at 35,782. That is 16.78 percent of the total employees. Six months ago, there were 37,649 female employees. That was 17.57 percent of the total employees. This means that compared to 6 months ago, there has been a decrease of 1,867 female employees. At the same time, the number of male employees has increased by 889 to 176,596. That was 177,485 six months ago.

While the number of female employees in state-owned commercial, specialized and foreign banks has increased, the number in private sector banks has decreased by 2,14 to 24,050. Last December, it was 26,064. In state-owned commercial banks, the number has increased by 83 to 8,748. In specialized banks, the number has increased by 60 to 1,952. In foreign banks, the number of female employees has increased by four to 1,032.

An official of Bangladesh Bank told that during the previous government, appointments were made to various banks without any kind of examination or recruitment notice. After the change of government, many of them lost their jobs. Many are no longer coming to the bank. A significant portion of them are women. Due to this, their share of bank jobs has decreased.

According to Bangladesh Bank data, the share of women in jobs has decreased due to the influence of private banks, but has increased at the higher levels. As of June, the share of women among those working at the higher levels was 10.25 percent. Last December, it was 9.73 percent. Among those working at the intermediate level, 15.84 percent were women. Last December, it was 15.96 percent. It has decreased from 18.87 percent in the initial stage to 17.66 percent. Among the members of the board of directors, 12.97 percent are now women. Last December, it was 13.61 percent.