The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has gone down to 194 per one lakh live births in the country in the last decade, a government survey shows.

The 40 percent drop in MMR has taken Bangladesh another step forward in achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-5.

To achieve the MDG-5, the MMR should come down to 143 per one lakh live births by 2015.

The initial findings