ADB= Asian Development Bank
ADP= Annual Development Programme
APEC= Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN= Association of South East Asian Nation
AIDS= Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
BARD= Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development
BAPEX= Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and
Production Company Limited
BARI= Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institution
BASIC= Bank of Small Industries and Commerce
BASIS= Bangladesh Association of Software and
Information Services
BATEXPO= Bangladesh Textile Exposition
BCS= Bangladesh Civil Service
BEPZA= Bangladesh Export Processing Zones
Authority
BINA= Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture.
BKMEA= Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and
Exporters Association
BIMSTEC= Bay of Bengal Initiatives on Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BJMA= Bangladesh Jute Mills Association
BOA= Bangladesh Olympic Association
BOI= Board of Investment
BRTC= Bangladesh Road Transport corporation
BSTI= Bangladesh Standard and testing Institution
BTC= Bangladesh Tariff Commission
BBC= British Broadcasting Corporation
BIS= Bank of International Settlement
BO= Beneficiary Owner
BRRI= Bangladesh Rice Research Institution
BSA= Bangladesh Standard on Auditing
BTCL= Bangladesh Telecommunicati
Limited
BTRC= Bangladesh Telecommunicati
Commission
BTTB= Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board
CAA= Civil Aviation Authority
CAB= Consumers' Association of Bangladesh
CARE= Cooperative for Assistance and Relief
Everywhere
CID= Criminal Investigation Department
CNG= Compressed Natural Gas
CDBL= Central Depository Bangladesh Limited
CIA= Central Intelligence Agency
CBA= Collective Bargaining Agent
CIB= Credit Information Bureau
CIRDAP= Centre on Integrated Rural Development
for Asia and the Pacific
CNN= Cable News Network
CRD= Central Recovery Department
CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio)
(It is the amount that commercial bank have keep
at Central Bank as deposit. Currently for Non
Islamic
commercial banks 4% and Islamic commercial bank
6%)
DNA= De-ox ribonucleic Acid
DA= Daily Allowance/ Dearness allowance
DAE= Department of Agricultural Extension
DB= Detective Branch
DCCI= Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
DFI= Direct Foreign Investment
ECG= Electro Cardio Gram
ECNEC= Executive Committee of National Economic
Council EPZ= Export Processing Zone
ESCAP= Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
EVA= Economic Value Added
FAO= Food and Agricultural Organization
FDI= Foreign Direct Investment
FBCCI= Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of
Commerce and Industry FY= Fiscal Year
FOB= Free on Board
FBI= Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIFA= Federation of International Football
Association
GATT= General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (At
Present WTO)
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
It denotes the total of goods and services produced
by a nation over a given period, usually 1 year
excluding income earned by citizen abroad and
including income of foreigner within the country.
GNP (Gross national product)
It denotes the value of all final goods and services
produced within a nation in a given year, plus
income earned by its citizens abroad, minus
income earned by foreigners from domestic
production. GMT= Greenwich Mean Time
GPRS= General Packet Radio Service
GSM= Global System for Mobile Communication
HIV= Human Immunodeficienc
IAEA= International Atomic Energy Agency
IFC= International Finance Corporation
IRRI= International Rice Research Institute.
IAS= International Accounting Standard
IBRD= International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
ICJ= International Court of Justice
ICB= Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
ICSID= International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes
IDB= Islamic Development Bank
IDA= International Development Association (Also
called 'soft-loan-wind
IFC= International Finance Corporation
IOC= international Olympic Committee
ILO= International Labor Organization
IMF = International Monetary Fund
lnterpol= International Criminal Police Organization
ISD= International Subscriber Dialing
ISP= Internet Service Provider
LGED= Local Government Engineering Department
LPG= Liquidities Petroleum Gas
MICR= Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIGA= Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MMS= Multimedia Message Service
NAFTA= North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NBFI= Non Banking Financial Institution
NBR= National Board of Revenue
NRB= Non-Resident Bangladeshi
NCC= National Cadet Corps
NAM= Non-Aligned Movement
NATO= North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO= Non Government Organization
NWD= Nation Wide Dialing
OIC= Organization of Islamic Cooperation
OPEC= Organization of Petroleum-Expor
Countries
PABX= Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PIN= Personal Identification Number
PSTN= Public Switched Telephone Network
PSC= Public Service Commission
PUC= Personal Unblocking Code
PUK=Personal Unblocking Key
