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| Formation | 1973 |
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| Headquarters | Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Executive Chairman | Dr. Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar [1] |
| Website | Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council is the body in charge of the National Agricultural Research System and is located in Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [2] [3] [4] The institute won the Independence Award in 2021 for its outstanding contribution to research and training. [5]
It was established in 1973 by Presidential Order 32. There are currently eleven national research institute under the body. Seven of the research institutes: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, and Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute, are under the Ministry of Agriculture. Two research institutes are Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute and Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute under Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. The Bangladesh Tea Research Institute is under the Ministry of Industries. The Bangladesh Forest Research Institute is under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. [2]
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Jagannath University (JnU) is a public university located in Sadarghat, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Founded as Dhaka Brahma School in 1858 and renamed Jagannath School in 1872, the institution was taken over by the Pakistani government in 1968, while Bangladesh was still a part of Pakistan. It opened graduate and post-graduate programmes in 1975 and was approved as a full public university in 2005.
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Bangladesh Jute Research Institute is the oldest mono corporate research institute in Bangladesh, operated by Bangladesh government.
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The Bangladesh Secretariat, also known as Bangladesh Sachibalaya or Old Secretariat, is the administrative headquarters of the Government of Bangladesh, and houses the majority of ministries and government agencies and bodies. The secretariat can refer to the complex of ministries, or refer to the Bangladesh Civil Service central administration. Its political heads are the ministers while the administrative heads are the Secretaries to the Government. It is located in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka in the neighbourhood of Segunbagicha in the thana of Shahbagh. The Secretariat complex was originally constructed as Secretariat of East Pakistan.
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Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council at Banglapedia
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