Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

Rising inequality will be our doom

BBS survey reveals alarming picture of wealth concentration by the rich

Jobless population falls by 3.47% in three months

Bangladesh now has 25 lakh jobless people: BBS

Number of households with internet rises by 9 times in a decade

It hit 43.6% in 2023 from 4.8% in 2013, BBS survey finds

Why are so many still functionally illiterate?

It should be a wake-up call for our policymakers

Child labour rises by 4.5pc in a decade

The National Child Labour Survey 2022 finds

National Budget FY2023-24 / Cause for frustration for common people

There is not much in it to make us feel better in terms of its focus and measures.

Living like the poor, paying like the rich

Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?

BBS to publish quarterly GDP data from 2024

The state statistics agency will publish the GDP data from the first quarter of 2024

December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023

Rising inequality will be our doom

BBS survey reveals alarming picture of wealth concentration by the rich

October 29, 2023
October 29, 2023

Households spent Tk 11,574 on average for WASH in 2020

2020's total spending for WASH was Tk 59,753 crore

July 30, 2023
July 30, 2023

Jobless population falls by 3.47% in three months

Bangladesh now has 25 lakh jobless people: BBS

July 22, 2023
July 22, 2023

Number of households with internet rises by 9 times in a decade

It hit 43.6% in 2023 from 4.8% in 2013, BBS survey finds

July 20, 2023
July 20, 2023

Why are so many still functionally illiterate?

It should be a wake-up call for our policymakers

July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023

Child labour rises by 4.5pc in a decade

The National Child Labour Survey 2022 finds

June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023

Cause for frustration for common people

There is not much in it to make us feel better in terms of its focus and measures.

March 18, 2023
March 18, 2023

Living like the poor, paying like the rich

Inflation followed by greedflation followed by shrinkflation – is there no way out of this trap?

February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023

BBS to publish quarterly GDP data from 2024

The state statistics agency will publish the GDP data from the first quarter of 2024

February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023

BBS finally releases Boro output data, nearly to no avail

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) last week finally made public its estimate of the amount of Boro season paddy produced in the country last year, which sadly will come to little effect as farmers will be harvesting this year’s crops within a month or so. 

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