, June 24 -- The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a project titled 'Statistical Capacity Enhancement and Modernization Project (SCEMP') aiming to transform data-producing institutions including BBS into a modern, integrated, and technology-driven system which will help in evidence-based policymaking.

The project under the Statistics and Information Management Department will be implemented by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics at an estimated cost of Tk 1,096.40 crore.

Of this, Tk 96.00 crore will be financed by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) with the remaining Tk 1,000.40 crore coming as project assistance from the World Bank.

Spanning from July 2025 to June 2030, the project will cover...