Dhaka, Nov. 16 -- The rate of caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh has risen to 51.8 per cent this year (2025), up sharply from 36 per cent in 2019, according to the latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The report's preliminary findings, released Sunday at a national dissemination event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, show that the current C-section rate is 2.7 times higher than in 2012, when it was 19.1 per cent.

Conducted with technical and financial support from UNICEF, the survey presents a mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges across key development indicators.

Child health indicators show steady but uneven improvement. Under-five mo...