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The Government of Bangladesh has become very alert for controlling excessive birth rate to regulate population explosion. So, it is very important to promote different contraceptive methods among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh. In spite of attaining the self -sufficiency in many sectors, the increasing population is a great impediment for the sustainability of the consistent development of the country. So, modern long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of contraception are mandatory to maintain the situation. In this study, we have attempted to identify the important factors that affect the long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of contraception. Firstly, we have carried out chi-square test for defining the correlates of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of contraception using data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2014. From these analyses, bi-variate association between each independent variable and dependent variable has been observed. However, an empirical association between two variables does not necessarily imply a causal relationship between them. It is essential to adjust for the effect of correlated variables in order to determine more precisely the net effect that any particular independent variable has on the dependent variable. In order to estimate the independent effects of each variables controlled, data have been further analyzed within a multivariate framework using multinomial logistic regression model. The great achievement of this study is that we have got some demographic, socio-economic and family planning variables as determinants of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of contraception.