Establish a statistical institute

The World Statistics Day is on October 20. It's a matter of concern that the day is ignored by our media. Obviously lack of awareness about the importance of reliable statistics is the reason behind such a poor response to this day. We hope that the enactment of the “National Strategy for the Development of Statistics” by the government would help provide a solid base for building a national statistical system. I urge the Prime Minister to establish a statistical institute in Bangladesh. In 1974, Bangabandhu laid the foundation for that by setting up Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.