[{"id":3,"company":"Chaldal","role":"Not stated","month":"2026-10","count":1100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"","next_step":"","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, from The Business Standard (4 Mar 2026): a senior company official said Chaldal cut its workforce from about 3,300 to about 2,200 over the past year as cost-cutting. Count is derived (approx). Staff also reported unpaid wages. Exact layoff dates not given; month shown is when this was reported here."},{"id":6,"company":"","role":"","month":"2026-09","count":5,"severance_weeks":8,"notice":">1 month","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":""},{"id":7,"company":"Early Startup","role":"Backend Engineer","month":"2026-09","count":3,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"","reason":"Funding ran out","note":""},{"id":30,"company":"","role":"Fullstack Software Engineer","month":"2026-09","count":4,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":""},{"id":36,"company":"Creative Wisdom","role":"UI/UX Designer","month":"2026-09","count":null,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":">1 month","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":""},{"id":38,"company":"Indetechs Limited","role":"Software Engineer","month":"2026-09","count":3,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"None","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Management decision, not explained","note":""},{"id":4,"company":"weDevs","role":"","month":"2026-08","count":null,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"","next_step":"","reason":"","note":"Second-hand: a LinkedIn post (5 Aug 2026) says weDevs and WPDeveloper are laying off people in repeated small rounds. Reporter confirms layoffs happened. No headcount or exact dates known."},{"id":8,"company":"Coder71 Limited","role":"","month":"2026-07","count":3,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":">1 month","next_step":"","reason":"Cost cutting","note":""},{"id":28,"company":"Bangle Mobile QA Solutions","role":"UX Engineer","month":"2026-07","count":24,"severance_weeks":2,"notice":">1 month","next_step":"Freelancing / consulting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"They Ware heavy focused on ai to replacing human"},{"id":37,"company":"Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited","role":"Senior Software Engineer","month":"2026-07","count":null,"severance_weeks":16,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Funding ran out","note":"Company ran out of funding so it is laying off people step by step."},{"id":39,"company":"WPDeveloper","role":"Front end Developer","month":"2026-07","count":30,"severance_weeks":0,"notice":"None","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Management decision, not explained","note":"They suddenly given us an envelop and there was the termination letter. We were shock."},{"id":13,"company":"WPDeveloper","role":"","month":"2026-06","count":null,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"None","next_step":"Taking a break","reason":"Cost cutting","note":""},{"id":2,"company":"Daraz Bangladesh","role":"Managerial, executive and support roles","month":"2026-05","count":100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"","next_step":"","reason":"","note":"Second-hand, from a Daily Star report: former employees said about 100 people were laid off on May 6-7, 2026. Daraz did not confirm the number."},{"id":22,"company":"Sheba Platform","role":"Operations, cross-functional and tech","month":"2026-04","count":300,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Funding ran out","note":"Second-hand, from The Daily Star (26 Apr 2026): CEO Adnan Imtiaz Halim reported cutting over 300 jobs in recent months, leaving ~110 staff, with salaries paid in instalments after expected funding stalled."},{"id":17,"company":"Pathao","role":"Software engineers (~30) and cross-functional","month":"2026-03","count":100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand: Unofficial reports in late March 2026 indicated an internal layoff round of roughly 100 people, including approx 30 software engineers/developers."},{"id":29,"company":"","role":"Software Engineer","month":"2026-03","count":2,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Already have an offer","reason":"Role automated / replaced by AI","note":""},{"id":31,"company":"Adventure Dhaka Limited","role":"Engineering, management & probationary staff","month":"2026-02","count":100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Restructuring","note":"Second-hand, legal case review (Kazi Law Chamber, Feb 2026): Adventure Inc. Japan's Dhaka subsidiary executed mass termination / retrenchment of approx 100 employees during corporate restructuring."},{"id":40,"company":"Daffodil International University","role":"Lecturer","month":"2026-01","count":10,"severance_weeks":0,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Moving abroad","reason":"Performance-based","note":""},{"id":25,"company":"BJIT","role":"Offshore software engineers & client delivery","month":"2025-12","count":162,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Lost a client or market","note":"Second-hand, workforce data (Revelio/industry): Headcount dropped from ~1,276 in 2024 to 1,114 by Q1 2026 (-162 staff net; -7.1% in 2025) driven by EU/overseas client freeze, bench phase-outs, and unreplaced attrition."},{"id":26,"company":"TigerIT","role":"Engineering & technical support","month":"2025-12","count":83,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, workforce data: Total workforce contracted from ~507 in 2023 to 424 by early 2026 (-83 staff net) following sustained market and procurement headwinds."},{"id":41,"company":"Chaldal","role":"Full Stack Developer","month":"2025-12","count":5,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"","note":""},{"id":20,"company":"ASL BPO","role":"E-commerce data operations and support","month":"2025-08","count":100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Role automated / replaced by AI","note":"Second-hand, from The Daily Star (Aug 2025): Headcount fell from over 250 in mid-2023 to 150 by August 2025 following 20-30% project-level team reductions due to automation."},{"id":19,"company":"The KOW Company","role":"Image editing and post-production staff","month":"2025-06","count":100,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Role automated / replaced by AI","note":"Second-hand, reported by The Daily Star (2025): Workforce fell from 650 to 550 over one year as generative AI tools automated bulk image editing and processing workflows."},{"id":21,"company":"SkyTech Solutions","role":"Freight invoice data processing","month":"2025-02","count":45,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Role automated / replaced by AI","note":"Second-hand, from The Daily Star (2025): Client shifted core freight invoice processing to AI, cutting more than 80% of project staff (team reduced from 55 to 10 quality control roles)."},{"id":18,"company":"Travela","role":"Entire team (engineering, ops, support)","month":"2025-01","count":11,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Funding ran out","note":"Second-hand, from Future Startup (Jan 2025): Short-term rental startup laid off its entire team of 10-12 employees after promised follow-on investment failed to materialize."},{"id":10,"company":"ShopUp","role":"Operations, engineering, support","month":"2024-02","count":1000,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, reported by The Daily Star (Feb 2024): Noted ShopUp reduced workforce by ~1,000 employees over phased downsizing rounds across 2022-2023 amid startup winter."},{"id":15,"company":"Daraz Bangladesh","role":"Management, operations, commercial","month":"2024-02","count":350,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Restructuring","note":"Second-hand, from The Daily Star & TBS (Feb 2024): Cut ~35% of full-time staff (~350-500+ employees) during regional restructuring to adjust cost structure."},{"id":27,"company":"Brain Station 23","role":"Software engineers & export teams","month":"2024-02","count":null,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"","next_step":"","reason":"Revenue / business slump","note":"Second-hand, The Daily Star (Feb 2024): CEO acknowledged slow EU export demand and paused IT team expansion; avoided mass cuts by pivoting developer capacity into domestic enterprise/banking projects."},{"id":32,"company":"Cefalo","role":"Dedicated European startup client developers","month":"2024-02","count":40,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Lost a client or market","note":"Second-hand, The Daily Star (Feb 2024): MD confirmed 6-month hiring freeze and 15-20% EU demand slump; 2 startup clients shrank dedicated engineering teams by 40 developer seats (from 25 to 5 each)."},{"id":12,"company":"Paperfly","role":"Tech, logistics, operations","month":"2023-09","count":700,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Funding ran out","note":"Second-hand, news reports (Sept 2023): Operations suspended impacting 700-1000 employees due to severe funding shortfall and delayed investor disbursements before restructuring."},{"id":9,"company":"Foodpanda Bangladesh","role":"IT, marketing, operations","month":"2023-02","count":80,"severance_weeks":8,"notice":">1 month","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, from TBS & Future Startup (Feb 2023): Around 20 employees in latest round (~80 over 6 months) laid off due to macro conditions and falling volume. Severance provided."},{"id":33,"company":"weDevs","role":"Product, engineering, support","month":"2022-08","count":30,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, Bangladesh Post (11 Aug 2022): Reported layoff of 30 employees in August 2022 due to post-pandemic business restructuring."},{"id":11,"company":"Sheba Platform","role":"Engineering, product, operations","month":"2022-07","count":300,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"1-4 weeks","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Funding ran out","note":"Second-hand, from Daily Star & TBS: Cut over 300 jobs (headcount reduced from ~500 to ~110-200) after foreign investment round fell through in mid-2022."},{"id":35,"company":"HungryNaki","role":"Operations & regional delivery teams","month":"2022-07","count":60,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Revenue / business slump","note":"Second-hand, The Daily Star & TBS (July 2022): Laid off a majority of staff, downsizing team from ~100 to ~40 across 15 closed service zones following post-Daraz acquisition integration."},{"id":34,"company":"Shohoz","role":"Food delivery (45) and ride-sharing (5)","month":"2021-10","count":50,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, The Business Standard (Oct 2021): Shohoz laid off ~50 employees (45 from food delivery, 5 from rides) as it phased out its food delivery service."},{"id":16,"company":"Pathao","role":"Engineering, marketing, operations","month":"2019-06","count":353,"severance_weeks":null,"notice":"<1 week","next_step":"Job hunting","reason":"Cost cutting","note":"Second-hand, from The Daily Star: 353 employees terminated (presented as forced resignations) during restructuring in mid-2019."}]