ABBREVIATION BANGLADESH

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ADP =Annual Development Programme. ADAB =Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh. ADHUNIK =Amra Dhumpan Nibron Kori. AEC =Army Education Crops/Atomic Energy Comission. AFMI =Armed Forces Medical Institute. AGM =Assistant General Manager. AID =Agency for International Development. APSU =All Party Student Union B BADC =Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation. BCIC = Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation. BFDC = Bangladesh Film/Fisheries Development Corporation. BSRS =Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha. BAU =Bangabandhu Agriculture University. BEPZA =Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority. BOA = Bangladesh Olympic Association. BPSC = Bangladesh Public Service Commission. BRDB = Bangladesh Rural Development Board. BRAC = Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. BPDB = Bangladesh Power Development Board. BSB = Bangladesh Shilpa Bank. BWDB = Bangladesh Water Development Board. BNCC = Bangladesh National Cadet Coar. BGB = Border Guard of Bangladesh.

BMA = Bangladesh Military Academy/Medical Association. BCSIR = Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. BIISS = Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. BSS = Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. BJMC = Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation. B.T.M.C = Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation. BUET = Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. BIRDEM = Bangladesh Institute of Reasearch & Rehabilitation-in Diadetes Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders. BRRI = Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. BIWTA = Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. BARD = Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development. BCS = Bangladesh Civil Service. BRTC = Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation. BAAS = Bangladesh Association of Advancement of Science. BAFA =Bulbul Academy for Fine Arts. BAIRA = Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agents. BAEC = Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. BARC = Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council. BARI = Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute. BAS =Bangladesh Academy for Science. BAARI =Bangladesh Atom Agriculture Research Institute. BIT =Bangladesh Institute of Technology. BCC =Bank of Credit and Commerce. BCI =Bangladesh Commerce and Investment. BCIC =Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.

BCSS =Bangladesh Cable Shilpa Sangstha. BDRCS =Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. BDS =Bachelor of Dental Surgery. BEA =Bangladesh Economic Association. BNP =Bangladesh National Party. BNPWF =Bangladesh Newspaper Press workers Federation. BNSWC = Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council. BSTI = Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute. BSC = Bangladesh Shipping Corporation./Bachelor of Science(B.Sc.) BCCFA =Bangladesh Custom Clearing and Forwarding Agent. BASIC =Bank of Small Industries and Commerce. BAF =Bangladesh Air Force. BFUJ = Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists. BIA = Bangladesh Institute of Agriculture. BJMA = Bangladesh Jute Mills Association. BODC = Bangladesh Oil Development Company. BOGMC = Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation. BJRI = Bangladesh Jute Research Institute. BSFIC = Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation. BRTA = Bangladesh Rural Telecommunication Authority. BTWEA = Bangladesh Telecommunication Workers and Employers Association. BURO = Bangladesh Unemployment Rehabilitation Organization. BCCB = Bangladesh Cricket Control Board. BEPCB = Bangladesh Environment Pollution Control Board. BFIDC = Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation. BFS = Bangladesh Fire Service.

BFA = Bangladesh Football Association. BGMEA = Bangladesh Garments Manufactures & Exporters Association. BIIDS = Bangladesh Institute of International Development Studies. BITAC = Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre. BJEC = Bangladesh Jute Export Corporation. BJA = Bangladesh Journalists Association. BJTC = Bangladesh Jute Trading Corporation. BKB = Bangladesh Krishi Bank. BKSP = Bangladesh Krira Shikha Protistan. BRC = Bangladesh River Commission. BR = Bangladesh Railway. BREB = Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board. BTMC = Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation. BTUC = Bangladesh Trade Union Centre. BUTF = Bangladesh University Teachers Federation. BAUCSU = Bangladesh Agriculture University Central Students Union. BASC = Bangladesh Administrative Staff College. BMDC = Bangladesh Management Development Centre. BMTF = Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory. BPATC = Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. BPC =Bangladesh Petroleum/Parjatan Corporation. /Bangladesh Penal Code. BPSC =Bangladesh Public Service Commission. BPI =Bangladesh Press International. BPWD =Bangladesh Public Works Department. BVDA =Bangladesh Village Development Academy

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CIDA =Canadian Int. Development Agency. CIRDAP =Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific. CID =Criminal Investigation Department. CMH = Combined Military Hospital. CNG =Compressed Natural Gas. CA =Chartered Accountant. CAA =Civil Aviation Authority. CAB =Consumers Association of Bangladesh. C&AG =Comptroller and Auditor General. CEC =Chief Election Commissioner. CEPZ =Chittagong Export Processing Zone. CDF =Co-operative Development Fund. CDB =Cotton Development Board. CDL =Community Development Library. CDA =Chittagong Development Authority. C-in-C =Commander in Chief. CDRB =Centre for Development Research of Bangladesh. COTA =Civil Officers Training Academy. CHTDB =Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board. CHP =Community Health Programme. CIF =Cost Insurance and Finding. CNS =Centre for Nuclear Studies. CCIE =Chief Controller of Imports and Exports. CRF =Clean Report of Finding. CSAC =Central Students Action Committee.

CUFFL =Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Factory Limited. CUCSU =Chittagong University Central Students Union

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DUCSU =Dhaka University Central Student Union. DMP =Dhaka Matropoliton Police. DUTA =Dhaka University Teachers Association. DESA =Dhaka Electric Supply Authority. DA =Daily Allowance/Dearness Allowance. DSE =Dhaka Stock Exchange. DB = Detective Branch. DC =Deputy Commissioner. DCC =Dhaka City Corporation. DDDB =District Development Coordination Committee. DDPI =Deputy Director of Public Instruction. DMC =Dhaka Municipal Corporation/Medical College. DFP =Department at Films and Publications. DEPZ =Dhaka Export Processing Zone. DGCA =Director General of Civil Aviation. DUJ =Dhaka Union of Journalists. DIT =Dhaka Improvement Trust. DMCTA =Dhaka Medical College Teachers Association. DUTP =Dhaka Urban Transport Project. DSTR =Department of Science and Industrial Research. DMCH =Dhaka Medical College Hospital. DNMI =Dhaka National Medical Institute. DSP =Deputy Superintendent of Police. DTE =Director of Technical Education.

DIG =Deputy Inspector General(of police)

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EPBB =Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh. EPZ =Export Processing Zone. ENA =Eastern News Agency. ECNEC =Executive Committee of National Economic Council. EPI =Expanded Programme on Immunization. ERD =Economic Relation Division. EBR =East Bengal Regiment. EMS =Emergency Medical Service. ERDA =Energy Research Development Agency.

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FAP =Flood Action Plan. FRES =Fellow of the Royal College of Surgery. FBCCI =Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. FEMA =Fair Election Monitoring Aliance. FDC =Film Development Corporation. FWP =Food for Work Programme. FRI =Foreign Research Institute. FPAB =Family Planning Association of Bangladesh. FAPE =Fund for Association to Private Education. FEC =Foreign Exchange Certificates. FIC =Flood Information Centre. FRI =Forest Research Institute. FFYP =Fourth Five Years Plane

GDP =Gross Domestic Product. GNP =Gross National Product. GEP =Guranted Express Post. GPO =General Post Office. GSP =Generalised System of Preference. GSB =Geological Survey of Bangladesh

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HBFC =House Building Finance Corporation. HYV =High Yielding Variety. HDB =Horticulture Development Board. HBRI =Housing and Building Research Institute. HCF =Highest Common Factor

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IFIC =International Finance Investment and Commerce. INTC =Inland Water Transport Corporation. ICMA =Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. ICDDRB =International Centre for Diarrhea Diseases Research Bangladesh. IPGMR =Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research. IPSA =Institute of Post Graduate Studies in Agriculture. IGP =Inspector General of Police. IRRI =International Rice Research Institute. ISSB =Inter Service Selection Board. ICB =Investment Corporation of Bangladesh. ICAB =Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh. ICVD =Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases. ICTVIR =Islamic Centre for Technical & Vocational Training &

Research. IIT =Islamic Institute of Technology. ICC =International Conference Centre. ISI =Inter Service Intelligence. INFS =Institute of Nutrition and Food Science. ICMAB =Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh. IJCP =Intersive Jute Cultivation Programme. IDBB =Industrial Development Bank of Bangladesh. ICHR =Institute of Child Health & Research

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JUCSU =Jahangirnagar University Central Students Union. JMBA =Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority. JRC =Joint River Commission. JBC =Jibon Bima Corporation K KDA =Khulna Development Authority. KPM =Karnaphuli Paper Mills. KNM =Khulna Newsprint Mills. KKM =Kachi Kachar Mela L LGRD =Local Government & Rural Development. LGEB =Local Government Engineering Bureau. LGED =Local Government Engineering Development. LPG =Liquified Petroleum Gas M MBA =Master of Business Administration. MIS =Management Information System.

MBBS =Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. MES =Military Engineering Service. MA =Master of Arts. MEd =Master of Education. MCCI =Metropoliton Chambers of Commerce and Industry. MP =Member of Parliament N NIPA =National Institute of Public Administration. NSI =National Security Intelligence (of Bangladesh). NAEM =National Academy for Educational Management. NIEAM =National Institute of Educational Administration & Management. NBR =National Board Revenue. NCST =National Council for Science & Technology. NEC =National Economic Council. NIPORT =National Institute of Population Research & Training. NARAB =National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh. NPC =National Population Council. NIEAER=NationalInstitute of EducationalAdministrationExtensionResearch NIPSOM =National Institute of Preventive & Social Medicine. NSI =National Security Intelligence of Bangladesh. NCID =National Council for Industrial Development O OCAB =Overseas Correspondent Association of Bangladesh. OGDC =Oil & Gas Development Corporation P PIB =Press Institute of Bangladesh.

PATC =Public Administration Training Centre. PID =Press Information Department. PMG =Post Master General. PHED =Public Health Engineering Department. PLI =Postal Life Insurance R RUCSU =Rajshahi University Central Students Union. R&D =Research and Development. R&H =Roads and Highways. RHD =Roads and Highways Directorate. RMS =Railway Mail Service. RNPP =Rooppur Nuclear Power Project. RAB =Rapid Action Batalion. RDB =Rajshahi Development Board. RWP =Rural Works Programme S SBC =Sadharan Bema Corporation. SKS =Sana Kalyan Sangstha. SSMS =Sir Salimullah Medical College. SPARSO =Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization. SKOP =Sramic Karmachari Oikya Parisad T TSS =Telephone Shilpa Sangstha. TSC =Teachers Students Centre. TNO =Thana Nirbahi Officer. TCB =Trading Corporation of Bangladesh.

TGTDC =Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company. T&T =Telephone & Telegraph. TTTC =Technical Teachers Training College. TTC =Traveling Ticket Checker U UGC =University Grants Commission. UCEP =Under Privileged Children Educational Programme. UNAB =United Nations Association of Bangladesh. UNROB =United Nations Relief Operation in Bangladesh. UCB =United Commercial Bank V VAT =Value Added Tax. VGF =Vulnerable Groups Feeding. VGD =Vulnerable Group Development. VDP =Village Defense Party. VC =Vice Chancellor W WASA =Water and Sewerage Authority. WVB =World Vision of Bangladesh.