A division bench of the Dhaka High Court has sought details of the country's population growth rate over the last 10 years from the Government of Bangladesh.
It has also asked Bangladesh's Government for information regarding measures being taken to control the expanding population of the country, and to explain why an independent ministry should not be established to handle population planning.
The court decision is in response to a public interest litigation, which requested the Government to take immediate measures to control population growth - an urgent concern, filed by four lawyers of the country's Supreme Court.
In the appeal, the petitioners had asked a total of 15 people, including the country's cabinet secretary, health secretary, and director general of the Department of Family Planning, to respond.
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