Dhaka, Jan. 18 -- The sixth Housing and Population Census of the country will begin on October 25 and continue until October 31.

The week-long sixth population and housing census, which was earlier scheduled to take place in the country from January 2-8, 2021, has been deferred by nearly 10 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The census operations will be carried out under a project titled 'Population and Housing Census 2021', which was approved by the ECNEC on October 29, 2019, involving Taka 17.62 billion. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will implement the project, reports BSS.

The upcoming census would be different from the previous ones as it will include for the first time expatriate Bangladeshis as well as foreigners s...