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The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is responsible for providing reliable and updated information for planning and development of the country. BBS has been responsible for regular collection, compilation and publication of various information related to national and local planning planners, public and private research institutions, international organizations and public use. Recently, the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics-NSDS and Statistics Act 2013 have been formulated. As a result, the work area of ​​BBS has been expanded. In view of this, the organizational structure of the BBS has been rescheduled and the work of making it more powerful and rationalizing is going on. The survey has been completed in various census and socio-economic and demographic sectors under section 6 of the Statistics Act 2013. The fifth census and home count of the country was held on 15-19 March 2011. This is the first time the data usage of the iCADE software and the 2011 census data on the ICR machine has been processed. Using the digital method, it is possible to give accurate results of the census in the fastest time. According to the census, 05 (five) national reports, 64 (seventy) district reports and 64 community reports have been published. Besides, 14 (fourteen) monographs and 01 (one) population projections report were prepared using census and home census 2011 data. Under this project, the primary data of Redatam software and census 2011 has been uploaded on BBS website, which allows users to prepare tables, graphs, charts, etc. as per their requirement. Apart from this, arrangements have been made in the departmental level in ICT training and the furniture and various equipment has been provided at field level offices. In the month of March-May 2013, data collection activities of the third economic census were completed in Bangladesh. With the use of high-powered software, the first time the information of economic census data is taken into the computer at the BBS headquarters in the lowest possible time using modern government technology established at the local level through Union Information and Services Center (UISC). Under the census, 66 reports will be published, 01 of which National Report has been published, 01 Administrative Report and 64 Zilla Report will be published soon. Business Register (BusinessRegister) has been prepared under the Economic Census 2013 project. It will be used as the main structure of the country's economic statistics. The business register will contain information about each company's name, address, legal structure, type of work, number of manpower employed, yearly average production, total assets amount etc. Under the Economic Census 2013 project, 'Survey of Investment for External Income' 2016 was conducted. Through this survey, collecting information about the various sectors of expatriation income, as well as information about the various sector information, expatriate information and the socio-economic status of the bank has been collected, which will play a significant role in making proper planning and recommendations for the fair investment of expatriate income. Besides, preparatory work in Comprehensive Agriculture Census 2011 is going on, inclusive of fish and livestock sector. The final report of slum census and floating population counting 2014 has been published. Regularly the volume and production estimates of 126 crops have been estimated annually. Land and irrigation statistics have been prepared. Annual Report of the Agricultural Statistics of 2014 has been published. The report has been prepared after completing survey of nine crops under the Productivity Survey Program. The final report of the Quarterly Labor Force Survey has been published under the Health and Mortality Status Survey 2014, Education House Survey, 2014, ICT Use and Access by Individuals and Householding, 2013 Labor Force Survey, 2013 and Labor Market Information System Project. Under the monitoring of the Situation of Vital Strategies of Bangladesh (MSVSB) project, Vital Statistics of Bangladesh is regularly published on the basis of information collected through the 11 schedules from 2,012 Numna areas selected across the country. The publication of 'Impact of climate change programs' in public life is in the final stage. In order to introduce a systematic and uniform coding system for all the geographical areas of the country, the work is going on to form a Geo Code System. Bangladesh Standard Classification of Occupation (BSCO-6 digit) and Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification (BSIC-5 digit) are in progress. Also regular activities of BBS such as: Every month the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is published within the first week of next month. The final GDP of 2014-15 and the provisional GDP of 2015-16 has been published. The basis of Quantum Index of Industrial Production has been changed from 1989-90 to 2005-06. Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2013, Survey of Manufacturing Industries 2012, Compilation of Gender Statistics 2012, Child and Mother Nutrition Survey 2012, Health and Morbidity Status Survey 2012 has been published. Violence Against Women (VAW) Survey-2015 report is in the final stage. Food Balance Sheet (2009-13) has been prepared for the first time. 'Bangladesh National Accounts Statistics: Sources and Methods' has been published with detailed information on the 2005-06 base year's GDP Rebasing. GDP estimation is in progress in the production system from 1972-73 to 1994-95 in the year 2005-06. The opt-out list of Indian enclaves in Bangladesh and the enclaves of Bangladesh in India has been prepared. Besides, regular publication of BBSA such as statistics pocket book, statistical yearbook and monthly statistics bulletin is published regularly.