The BS was created by the Government in August 1974 as the national statistical organization responsible for
collecting, compiling and disseminating statistical data relating to a wide variety of sectors. It carries out population
census every decade as well as agricultural census, household surveys for sample sites and maintains and updates the
national database including all sectoral information by administrative units in digital form. The BS has established
automated cartographic section with GIS and RS support. As a pioneer partner of Digital Bangladesh, the BS has established three ICT Labs and high powered servers in 2009 to strengthen its working capability and connecting its divisional and regional field offices under the computer network system. GIS Software used by BS include ArcInfo,ArcView and ERDAS Imagine
ERDAS Imagine