Tag: Census
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Household Expenditure Survey 2022: Households spend 42% of income on food. bbs report
According to the BBS survey report, the average income of a Bangladeshi family is 32,422 taka per month, and 13 sectors spend 31,500 taka. Discussing the survey, Mohiuddin, deputy director of BBS and director of the survey project, told Prothom Alo that the increase in people’s income aligns with the socio-economic development of the country,…
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India, soon to be the world’s most populous country, doesn’t know how many people live in it
The Office of the Registrar General of India, which is responsible for the census, did not respond to a request for comment. Critics of the main opposition Congress party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have accused the government of delaying the census to hide data on politically sensitive issues such as unemployment ahead of national…
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The last census data shows that the population of Bangladesh has reached around 170m.
Planning Minister MA Mannan, Minister of State for Planning Shamsul Alam, BIDS Director General Binayak Sen and BBS Director General Matiur Rahman, among others attended the data release event. The Sixth National Census and House Enumeration activities began simultaneously across the country on 15 June and continued till 28 June. According to a summary released…
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Bangladesh has a population of 169.8m
Minister of State for Planning Shamsul Alam, Planning Secretary Satyajit Karmakar, Statistics and Informatics Secretary Shahnaz Arefin and others were present in the programme. Shamsul Alam said, people were eagerly waiting for the census results, to know the size of the population now how many make up, how many women, how many migrants and more.…
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Lack of recognition further marginalises religions with small followings
Both Wari and Sheetal were married according to Sangsarek customs. They call it dobuk daka or dosia marriage. The priest who conducts such marriages is called Kamal or Khamal in the language of Mandi. Vari said: “Marriage is an important point in life between birth and death and the whole process is bound by faith.…