New BBS survey reveals alarming prevalence of intimate partner abuse
The growth is 1.6 percentage points lower than the provisional estimate
Greater efforts needed to level up poorer regions like Barishal and Rangpur
Accurate data vital for sound policymaking
Creating new jobs requires increased investments and the establishment of new businesses.
For proper policymaking, there is no alternative to reliable data
BBS must be overhauled to ensure that it provides accurate data
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics releases data today
Rangpur has the highest number of mobile financial services (MFS) accounts among the eight divisions of Bangladesh, with 28.10 percent of its population utilising these services. Barisal follows closely, with 24.26 percent of its residents holding MFS accounts, according to the report on Socio-Economic and Demographic Survey 2023, recently published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
A divorce takes place every hour in Dhaka. This was one of the startling findings in an exclusive report published by Prothom Alo recently. The report states that in the last seven years, the divorce rate application has increased by a massive 34 percent throughout the country according to data compiled by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
According to the latest Labour Force Survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), employment in the industrial sector for the current fiscal added a mere 300,000 people over the last seven years (an average of 42,857 jobs per year).
The World Bank (WB) approves a USD15 million financing to help Bangladesh produce timely and quality statistics.
A total of 14 lakh new jobs have been created in the country since 2015, a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) reveals. According to the survey, total labour force has increased by 4.2 percent in the same time.
Bangladesh performed better in conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of respective population compared to India, reports the Times of India.
