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Commuters crowd on a platform as they wait to board suburban trains at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 20, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

How India used postcards, stamps to count its people

As India prepares for its 16th census and the eighth since its independence in 1947, a new exhibition is shedding light on how stamps, postmarks and letters were once used to promote public...

Commuters crowd on a platform as they wait to board suburban trains at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 20, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni

Three million Indian officials to begin counting world’s largest population

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud was present at the unveiling of 4th Economic Census held at Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) building on 29 January. Photo: TBS

86% of economic units facing capital crisis, 34% denied loans: BBS census

Myanmar census offical speaks to a shopkeeper. Photo: AP/UNB

Myanmar's military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents

Myanmar's Prime Minister and State Administrative Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in Moscow, Russia July 12, 2022. Photo: Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election

In Tachilek, Myanmar, a throng of students returns home after morning classes at the town’s Basic Education School. Photo: UN Photo/Kibae Park.

Myanmar junta plans October national census

The Boro season, spanning from December to March, represents the peak cropping period, yielding over two crore tonnes of rice annually. File Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS

4 lakh acres of farmland turn non-arable in a decade

Sundarbans Bengal Tiger census stuck as funds not disbursed in 5 months

Sundarbans Bengal Tiger census stuck as funds not disbursed in 5 months

62.07% children in Dhaka are mobile phone users 

62.07% children in Dhaka are mobile phone users 

How we eventually respond would lay the foundation for post-Covid-19 era, which, to many people, is going to be a better normal. Photo: Saikat Bhadra

Population of minority religions decrease further in Bangladesh

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Number of unmarried people highest in Sylhet, lowest in Rajshahi

Flawless census a must to get quality data for targeted planning

Flawless census a must to get quality data for targeted planning

Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS

Census information collection to continue until 28 June