Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
| বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো | |
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| Parent agency | Statistics and Informatics Division |
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| Website | www |
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) (Bengali: 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
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
- Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Children's involvement in crime on the rise". 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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