Economic census from Mar 31

The government will conduct an economic census across the country from Mar 31 to May 31 this year.Planning Minister AK Khandaker made the disclosure during the question-answer session in Parliament on Monday.

Replying to a question from Treasury Bench member Begum Faridunnahar Laily, he said the government already took a project under Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to properly conduct the ‘Economic Census 2013’.

The minister further said as part of preparations, BBS has been conducting a pilot census in a ward in Sylhet City Corporation and in a union under Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district.

In reply to a written question of BNP lawmaker Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said 7,859 Bangladeshi nationals remained detained in jails of more than 42 countries for violating immigration laws and committing criminal offences.

About the initiatives of Bangladesh government about the nationals, she said: “The government has taken all possible measures in this matter.”

(Source: bdnews24.com)

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