THE interim government鈥檚 institution of expert committees to check against any discrepancy in national data, which came to be seriously questioned as being doctored during the Awami League government that was overthrown on August 5, is a good step forward. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics officials say that they have already set up the committees to...
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics will take approval from experts to ensure data accuracy before making national data public in a bid to overcome the disrepute it had earned for alleged data...
The general point-to-point inflation rate eased further last month as it reached 9.92 per cent in September down from 10.49 per cent in August, 2024 due to downtrend in both food and non-food inflation...
The Asian Development Bank, in its latest outlook, has projected that inflation in Bangladesh will rise to 10.1 per cent in the fiscal year 2024-25, a significant increase of 3.1 percentage points from its previous estimate made in April.
THE Bureau of Statistics has come to be criticised and its calculation of nationally, and internationally, important figures questioned for years during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League, overthrown on August 5 through a student-mass uprising, for the manipulation of data that has been nothing short of deceit...
The overall inflation in August eased, but still prevailed at a double-digit level for the second consecutive month.
More students in the country go to Qoumi madrassahs than to the government-registered Aliya madrassahs, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics reports...
THE US economy appears to be precariously perched on the brink of recession. The stock market鈥檚 recent plunge reflects heightened recession fears, further exacerbated by a bleak jobs report. On August 2, the US Bureau of Labour Statistics unveiled that non-farm employment rose by a mere 114,000 in July, marking the lowest increase since...
Around 17.28 per cent Bangladeshi expatriates returned home voluntarily after quitting their jobs overseas during the past five years...
Planning minister major general (retired) Abdus Salam on Tuesday asked the concerned officials to strengthen further the statistics and informatics division through working with honesty and transparency imbued with patriotism...
The overall inflation in June eased at 9.72 per cent, but the food inflation still persisted at over 10 per cent for the third consecutive month amid price spiral of...
THE average inflation in the outgoing financial year surpassing the average inflation in the past financial year, which was a decade-high, shows the inefficiency and inadequacy of measures taken by the government to contain inflation. The overall 12-month average inflation has been recorded by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics at 9.73 per cent...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 identity as primarily an agricultural nation underscores the pivotal role of its farming sectors in driving economic prosperity. Therefore, fostering a profitable, sustainable, and eco-friendly agricultural framework is imperative to safeguarding long-term food security for...
Loan disbursements from Shariah-based banks have significantly increased despite a sharp decline in deposit collection in December and January...
THE food inflation that has remained high for more than two years now reached double digits once again in April after a gap of four months. The Bureau of Statistics in its monthly update says that food inflation was 10.22 per cent in April. The surge was, as economists...
THE police detention of 13 protesters who were demanding an increase in the age limit to apply for government jobs is unacceptable. The law enforcers detained the protesters after foiling their demonstrations in the Shahbagh crossing in the...
AN INCREASE in unemployment rate has become a major cause of concern while unemployment and under-employment have for long been indicators of jobless growth. The Bureau of Statistics, in its quarterly labour force survey, made public...
China鈥檚 factory activity grew for a second successive month in April, data showed Tuesday, providing some good news for officials battling to kickstart the vast聽economy聽in the face of weak domestic demand and a battered property sector...
The education system in Bangladesh is reeling under privatisation as the numbers of public educational institutions and the students there did not grow as expected...
The monthly inflation in March made an upswing following price hikes of both food and non-food items throughout Bangladesh....
In聽January 2024, the Bangladesh Bank issued the monetary policy for the second half of the 2023鈥�24 financial year. In it, the central bank aims to adopt a crawling peg to curb exchange rate volatility, raise the policy interest rate...
