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On October 29, 2026, 45 students of the core course ECO 7360 — Socio-economic Profiles of Bangladesh, under the supervision of the course instructor Proma Paromita Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Economics, went for an academic visit at the headquarter of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics- BBS at Parishankhyan Bhaban, Agargaon. The primary objective of this visit was to provide the students with first-hand exposure to the practical aspects of official data production in Bangladesh. 

The Director General of BBS Md. Shamimul Haque greeted the students with a heartfelt welcome address in the BBS Conference Room.

Students were taken on a supervised tour to the Library, Museum, specialized printing press and then a presentation on understanding of the complete workflow of BBS by the Deputy Director of SDG cell Ms. Aklima Khatun, followed by an interactive session by the Director of the National Accounting Wing, Md. Shahabuddin Sarker on the complexities and methodology of GDP calculation in Bangladesh.