Business Desk :
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has selected Robi Axiata Limited as the digital connectivity provider to deliver the country’s first ever digital population and housing census.
The bureau will conduct the sixth census digitally from June 15-21 this year.
National Population and Housing Census 2022 Project Director Md Dilder Hossain and Robi Chief Enterprise Business Officer Adil Hossain Noble signed an agreement in this connection on behalf of their respective organisations at BBS Auditorium, Parishankhyan Bhaban in Dhaka on Sunday, said a press release.
Under the agreement, Robi will provide around 4 lakh connections, data, SMS bundles and other digital solutions to BBS.
Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Dr Shahnaz Arefin, BBS Director General Mohammad Tajul Islam, while Robi acting CEO and CFO M Riyaaz Rasheed, Chief Corporate and Regulatory Officer Shahed Alam along with high officials from both organisations were present at the signing ceremony.
Around 3.7 lakh enumerators will collect the population census data from across the country using Robi’s 4.5G network and send them to a central server for processing, read the release.
Data will be collected from each household using a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) system, geographic information system, and tablet computers with data connectivity.
