"I do hope international community will wake up to fulfill this share of responsibilities," the adviser said at the launching ceremony of a report on Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2006 at a city hotel.

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) organised the launching of the report.

The finance adviser also called upon the international community to enhance quantum of official development assistance to Bangladesh.

"Bangladesh needs continuous external support to achieve the MDGs by 2015," he said, however, adding that Bangladesh should ensure sustainable achievement of MDGs so that its commitment to the global partners is honoured.

Chaired by Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury, secretary of the Planning Division, the function eas also addressed by Louis-Georges Arsenault, Unicef representative in Bangladesh, AYM Ekramul Hoque, director general, BBS, and Md Shamsul Alam, project director, (MSCW) of BBS.

MICS is an international household survey designed by the Unicef to assist countries to plug data gaps for monitoring human development in general and the situation of children and women in particular.

MICS 2006 is the ninth round of the survey in Bangladesh. The first round was conducted in 1993. This is the only household survey in Bangladesh that provides disaggregated data up to the district level.

The finance adviser said in order to achieve other national goals beyond MDGs, it is important to identify remedial measures. Therefore, MICS data will help to resolve any kind of disparity, he added.

Arsenault said the MICS data is internationally comparable, which can be used as evidence for future policy support of the country.

He said it is very important to monitor the achievement of MDGs and MICS data will help develop the sector whereas Bangladesh is still lagging behind achieving MDGs.