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The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies had its origin in Pakistan, established in June 1957 and named the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE). The PIDE was moved to Dhaka in January 1971. After the emergence of independent Bangladesh in 1971, the institute was called the Bangladesh Institute of Development Economics (BIDE).
BCSIR traces its roots back to the days of East Pakistan. East Regional Laboratories of Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) was established in Dhaka in 1955. Subsequently, PCSIR laboratories were established in Rajshahi (1965) and in Chittagong (1967). After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, BCSIR was ...
East Pakistan Academy for Rural Development was established in 1959 in Comilla as EPARD under the initiative of Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan who became the institution's founder-Director. After the Bangladesh War of Independence, the institution was renamed to its present form. [1] [2]
It is responsible for epidemiological and communicable disease research as well as developing public health plans for the government of Bangladesh to implement. It incorporated the previously established Malaria Institute of East Pakistan, which was part of the Central Malaria Institute of India before the partition of India. [5]
Policy Research Institute was established in 2009. [2] Sadiq Ahmed was one of the cofounders of Policy Research Institute. [2]In September 2019, the Policy Research Institute received US$375,598 funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a 23-month research into digital financial inclusion.
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সরকারী কর্ম কমিশন) is a quasi-judicial constitutional body established in 1972. The commission is responsible for the recruitment of civil service servants in the Bangladesh government. [ 1 ]
After the partition of Indian subcontinent, the Pakistan Academy of Sciences was established in 1953. After the liberation of Bangladesh, 12 Bangladeshi fellows of the academy formed the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 1973, becoming 'Foundation Fellows'. [2] Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda served the founding president role until 1976. [1]
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the organisation, set up under the Ministry of Agriculture, was renamed the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) through a parliamentary act. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Besides the headquarters at Joydebpur in Gazipur , 36 square kilometres (14 sq mi) north of Dhaka , the BRRI has set up 17 regional ...