GDP generally reflects the size of a country’s economy. It is the total output of goods and services generated using elements of production and services within a specific period, usually a year. When calculating GDP, only final goods and services are considered, excluding intermediate products and services. No growth in industry in January-March GDP is […]
Analysts say government service offers unparalleled stability. Regular salary, pension and upcoming revised pay structures make it a highly attractive option compared to the volatility of the private sector. Abdul Awal Majumdar, a former secretary to the government and former rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center (BPATC), told Prothom Alo that government jobs […]
The largest extent of Bangladesh is its land area. At present per capita land availability is only 0.21 acres. Due to housing construction, urbanization and development activities, the amount of land available per capita continues to decline. According to the Soil Resources Development Institute, about 1 percent of agricultural land is converted to non-agricultural use […]
Inflation in Bangladesh has remained high for the past two years, hovering above 9 percent. Despite various measures taken by the government to curb inflation, none of them have yielded the desired results so far. Instead, the rate has increased. High inflation rate has become one of the toughest challenges for the government and the […]
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Director General Binayak Sen has said that food inflation in the country was 15 percent in December 2023. Citing a BIDS survey, Binayak Sen revealed this at an event organized to unveil a book at the BIDS office in Agargaon area of the city on Thursday. He also said […]
The BBS report did not indicate where users obtained most contraceptives. But according to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), another body of the government, 55 percent use modern methods and 9 percent use traditional methods of contraception. And 60 percent of the people […]
The Bureau of Statistics publishes 'vital statistics' every year, which give a picture of the overall health of the country's people, including births, deaths, life expectancy and marriages. According to the report, the estimated population of the country on July 1, 2023 was 172,920,000. No one can deny that Bangladesh has made significant progress in […]
According to BBS data, on point-to-point basis at constant prices, the growth rate of agriculture sector in the first quarter of the current financial year was 0.84 percent, which was 2.07 percent in the same period of 2022. -23 Fiscal. In the last financial year, the growth of agriculture sector was 3.37 percent. The growth […]