BANGLADESH has since the early 2020s enjoyed demographic dividend as 65.08 per cent of its population falls in the working age population group, according to a report published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2023. Demographic dividend depicts the economic growth potential that arises when a country鈥檚 working age population, people aged 15鈥�65 years...
Election commissioner Tahmida Ahmad on Sunday stated that Bangladesh鈥檚 current population stood at 19 crore, according to data collected by the Election Commission while preparing its voter list.
Dhaka division has the highest unemployed people of 6.87 lakh people Mymensingh division the least unemployed people of 1.04 lakh, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
Bangladesh has made a lot of progress. If we think about the world鈥檚 average life expectancy for men which is 71 years, in Bangladesh it is 74 years, the highest in the world. If we think about the average life expectancy of women around the world, it is 74. It is 76 years in Bangladesh. So, we have made progress. If our country has a population of 170 million or 180...
Bangladesh鈥檚 population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds, 115 million, are in the working-age group between 15 and 64, presenting a window of opportunity to harness the demographic dividend...
Water and Sanitation for Urban Population Bangladesh, a UK-based non-profit organisation, officially launched its country business plan 2025鈥�2030 on Wednesday at Hotel Bengal Blueberry in Dhaka...
Portugal, a popular tourist destination and a European green energy champion, holds an early general election on May 18, 50 years on from the 1974 Carnation Revolution that toppled a decades-long right-wing dictatorship.
Japan鈥檚 birth rate is among the lowest in the world, a trend which has meant having a shrinking workforce, fewer consumers and businesses fighting to recruit workers...
The concluding ceremony of the foundation training course for the officers of the National Institute of Population Research and Training was held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla on Wednesday...
Singapore on Tuesday started an initiative to expand its senior care programme using horse therapy as the wealthy city-state grapples with the challenges of a rapidly ageing population.
FOR most women, going out of the house requires a lot of planning. From crowded streets and public transport to workplaces, the challenges that women face in staying safe are constant and exhausting. Citizens now call for women鈥檚 safety on the road and in public spaces. Everyone wants change. Women want to walk without the fear of being harassed or attacked...
THE world is facing a serious water crisis, with 26 per cent of the global population still lacking access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 46 per cent are deprived of basic sanitation facilities. These alarming statistics, revealed in the UN World Water Development Report 2023, serve as a grim reminder of how far we are from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to ensure safe water...
China said on Friday it would gradually raise its statutory retirement age, as the country grapples with a looming demographic crisis and an ageing population.
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University at a seminar on Tuesday revealed a population-based cancer registry data for the first time to inform the cancer situation in the country...
The country will require 215 years to eliminate child marriage as per the current rate of reduction of child marriage in the country, said the United Nations Population Fund...
