Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Formation | 1974 |
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Purpose | Census |
Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website | bbs |
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) also known by its Bengali name, বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো is the centralized official body in Bangladesh for collecting statistics on demographics, the economy, and other facts about the country and disseminating the information.[1][2]
History
Although independent statistical programs had existed in the country before, they were often incomplete or produced inaccurate results, which led the Government of Bangladesh to establishing an official bureau in August 1974, by merging four of the previous larger statistical agencies, the Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau of Agriculture Statistics, the Agriculture Census Commission and the Population Census Commission.
In July 1975, the Statistics and Informatics Division was created under the Planning Ministry (Bangladesh) and tasked to oversee the BBS. Between 2002 and 2012, the division remained abolished but was later reinstated.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is headquartered in Dhaka. As of 2019, it has 8 Divisional statistical offices, 64 District statistical offices and 489 Upazila/Thana offices.
References
- ^ Roy, Manindra Kumar (2012). "Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Children's involvement in crime on the rise". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
External links
- Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, "Census Reports: Population Census-2001", 2001. The 1991 census figures can be seen compared to the 2001 census.
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