Statistics and Information Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
 
The Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) was established in 2012,  which is considered as a step forward in building a “Digital Bangladesh”.The statistics and Informatics Division is one of the three Divisions under the Ministry of Planning.  With the emergence of the market economy and the development of Information and Communication Technology, the demand for statistics has increased tremendously. Now, statistics is essential for effective monitoring of the progress towards achieving the MDGs, poverty reduction, food security and nutrition, social development, macroeconomic performance, climate change, and environmental sustainability. As Bangladesh is gradually moving toward a middle-income nation, statistics could be considered to be the only right tool for evidence-based policymaking and proper program intervention to ensure the optimum use of public resources and measure progress. Since its inception, BBS has been producing official statistics to help decision-making and development progress and the Statistics, and the Informatics Division (SID) is responsible for the formulation and revision of policy on statistics and informatics.  Portals of databases are given below:

Household Expenditure Survey
Population & Housing Census
Population & Housing Census
Agricultural Census
Economy Census