National Bureau of Statistics - NBS

d in to MPND and hence the Ministry was renamed as ‘Ministry of Planning and Environment’ (MPE).
11th November 1993: MPE was renamed as the ‘Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment’ (MPHRE) to focus on developing and improving the quality of human resources as it was important for the development of the country.
11th November 1998: MPHRE was renamed as ‘Ministry of Planning and National Development’ (MPND) and the work related to the environmental issues and human resources was transferred to two other ministries.
13th November 2008: MPND was changed to a department called the 'Department of National Planning' (DNP) which is run under the Ministry of Finance and Treasury.
28th April 2014: Statistics Division of Department of National Planning was changed to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).