LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACCRONYMS

ACU Asian Clearing Union

ADB Asian Development Bank
ADP Annual Development Programme
ADs Authorised Dealers
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AH Asian Highway
AI Artificial Insemination
AICC Agriculture Information and Communication Centre
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome
AIS Agriculture Information Service
ALM Asset-Liability Management
AML Anti-Money Laundering
APA Annual Performance Agreement
API Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
APO Asian Productivity Organisation
APG Asia Pacific Group
APTA Asia Pacific Trade Agreement
AQI Air Quality Index
ARI Accident Research Institue
ATM Automated Teller Machine
BAB Bangladesh Accreditation Board
BACH Bangladesh Automated Clearing House
BAPARD Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development
BADC Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
BAERA Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority
BAEC Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
BANBEIS Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics
BAPEX Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd
BB Bangladesh Bank
BBA Bangladesh Bridges Authority
BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BCC Bangladesh Computer Council
BCCRF Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund
BCCSAP Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
BCCTF Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund
Bcf Billion Cubic Feet
BCIC Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation
BDBL Bangladesh Development Bank Limited

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BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery
BDT Bangladesh Taka
BEmOC Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
BEPZ Bangladesh Export Promotion Zone
BEPZA Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
BEZA Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority
BFDC Bangladesh Film Development Corporation
BFIDC Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation
BFIU Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit
BGMEA Bangladesh Garments Manufactures and Exporters Association
BHB Bangladesh Handloom Board
BIDA Bangladesh Investment Development Authority
BIM Bangladesh Institute of Management
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BMET Bangladesh Manpower Employment and Training
BIRTAN Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition
BITAC Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre
BIWTA Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
BIWTC Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation
BJC Bangladesh Jute Corporation
BJMC Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
BLPA Bangladesh Land Port Authority
BMD Bureau of Mineral Development
BMDA Barind Multipurpose Development Authority
BMKT Bangladesh Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust
BMS Bachelor of Maritime Science
BNEA Bangladesh National Enterprise Architecture
BNH Bangladesh National Herbarium
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOGMC Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Resources Corporation
BOI Board of Investment
BoP Balance of Payments
BOT Build Operate Transfer
BPC Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation
BPC Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation
BPD Bangladesh Postal Department
BPO Bangladesh Post Office
BPDB Bangladesh Power Development Board
BRDB Bangladesh Rural Development Board
BREB Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board
BRT Bus Rapid Transit
BRTA Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

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BRTC Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation
BdREN Bangladesh Research and Education Network
BSB Bangladesh Sericulture Board
BSC Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
BSCCL Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited
BSCIC Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation
BSEC Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation
BSEC Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
BSFIC Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation
BSIC Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification
BSMRMU Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman Maritime University
BSRTI Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute
BSTI Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
BTB Bangladesh Tea Board
BTCL Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited
BTMC Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation.
BTRC Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
BUET Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
BWDB Bangladesh Water Development Board
c&f cost and freight
CAAB Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
CAB Current Account Balance
CABs Conformity Assessment Bodies
CAP Country Action Plan
CAMS Continuous Air Monitoring Stations
CASE Clean Air Sustainable Environment
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CBHE Cross Border Higher Education
CBN Community Based Nutrition
CC Community Clinic
CCA Controller of Certifying Authority
CCCP Community Climate Change Programme
CDA Chattogram Development Authority
CET Common Equity Tier
CETP Central Effluent Treatment Plants
CFT Combating Financing of Terrorism
CIB Credit Information Bureau
CIF Climate Investment Fund
CIWM Centre for Irrigation and Water Management
CMSMEs Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand

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CPA Chattogram Port Authority
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPTU Central Procurment Technical Unit
CRAR Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ration
CRR Cash Reserve Requirement
CSBA Community based Skilled Birth Attendant
CSE Chattogram Stock Exchange
CTCN Climate Technology Centre and Network
DAP Di-Ammonium Phosphate
DCI Direct Calorie Intake
DESCO Dhaka Electric Supply Company
DFLs Disease-Free Laying’s
DFQF Duty Free and Quota Free
DGEN DSE General Index
DGFI Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
DHSE Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
DIFE Department of Inspection for Factory and Inspection
DLS Department of Livestock Services
DMBs Deposit Money Banks
DMF Disaster Management Fund
DMTCL Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
DoE Department of Environment
DoE Department of Explosives
DoF Directorate of Fisheries
DoF Department of Forest
DoS Department of Shipping
DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course
D-8 Developing - 8
DPs Development Partners
DPA Domestic Processing Area
DPDC Dhaka Power Distribution Company
DPDT Department of Patents, Designs & Trademarks
DRC Digital Registration Certificate
DSE Dhaka Stock Exchange
DSEx DSE Broad Index
DSL Debt Service Liabilities
DTCA Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority
DTCB Dhaka Transport Coordination Board
DTW Deep Tube well
DYD Department of Youth Development
EC Electrical Conductivity
EC Energy Conservation
ECA Ecologically Critical Area
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ECNEC Executive Committee for National Economic Council
EDF Export Development Fund
EE Energy Efficiency
EEBL Exelerate Energy Bangladesh Ltd
EECR Enabling Environment for Child Rights
EFT Electronic Fund Transfer
EGBMP Enterprise Growth & Bank Modernisation Project
e-GP Electronic Government Procurement
EIF Enhanced Integrated Framework
ELCD Early Learning for Child Development
EmOC Emergency Obstetric Care
EP Essential Priority
EPB Export Promotion Bureau
EPI Extended Programme on Immunisation
EPZ Export Processing Zone
ERP Enterprise Resources Planning
e-SIF Electronic Students Information Form
EU European Union
EZs Economic Zones
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FATF Financial Action Task Force
FC Foreign Currency
FCBs Foreign Commercial Banks
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEI Food Energy Intake
FFW Food for Work
FIU Financial Intelligence Unit
FPC Fair Price Card
FSMF Fish Seed Multiplication Farm
FSRU Floating Storage and Regasification Unit
FSSP Financial Sector Support Project
FTAs Free Trade Area Agreements
FWV Family Welfare Visitors
FY Fiscal Year
FYP Five Year Plan
GAP Good Aquaculture Practice
G to G Government to Government
GCNEP Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GED General Economic Division
GeoUPAC Geo-Information for Urban Planning and Adaptation to Climate Change
GI Galvanized Iron

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GI Geographical Indications
GIIP Gas Initially in Place
GIS Geographical Information System
GNI Gross National Income
GoB Government of Bangladesh
GPON Gigabit Passive Optical Network
GR Gratuitous Relief
GSB Geological Survey of Bangladesh
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HBFC House Building Finance Corporation
HCR Head Count Ratio
HDI Human Development Index
HEC Higher Education Commission
HEMIS Higher Education Management Information System
HEQEP Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project
HES Household Expenditure Survey
HIES Household Income and Expenditure Survey
HNPSP Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Programme
HNP Health Nutrition and Population
HPNSDP Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Programme
HRD Human Resource Development
HSD High Speed Diesel
HVDC High Voltage Direct Current
HYV High Yielding Variety
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
iBAS Integrated Budget and Accounting System
IBFCR Inclusive Budgeting and Financing for Climate Resilience
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAAP Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICB Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
ICC Internal Control and Compliance
ICS Improved Cook Stove
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ICT Inland Container Terminal
ID Identity
IDA International Development Association
IDR Issuer Default Rating
IFC International Finance Corporation
IGA Inter Government Agreement
ILO International Labour Organisation
IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

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IMED Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMO International Maritime Organisation
IORA Indian Ocean Rim-Association
IOSCO International Organisation of Securities Commission
IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPO Initial Public Offering
IT Information Technology
ITES Information Technology Enabled Service
ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas
JBC Jiban Bima Corporation
JCM Joint Credit Machanism
JDPC Jute Diversification Promotion Centre
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
JPY Japanese Yen
KDA Khulna Development Authority
kV Kilovolt
KVA Kilovolt Ampere
Kw Kilowatt
KWh Kilowatt hour
KWp Kilowatt Peak
KYC Know Your Customer
LDC Least Developed Countries
LDCF Leat Development Country Fund
LDO Light Diesel Oil
LCR Liquidity Coverage Ratio
LEDs Light Emitting Diodes
LFS Labour Force Survey
LGED Local Government Engineering Department
LLP Low Lift Pump
LNG Liquid Natural Gas
LOC Line of Credit
LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas
MA Marine Academy
MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MCWCs Mother and Child Welfare Centers
MEMIS Madrasah Education Management Information System
MEPhI Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
MFN Most Favoured Nation
MoFL Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock
ML Money Laundering
MLT Medium and Long Term

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MNCH Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
MoP Margin of Preference
MoSW Ministry of Social Walfare
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPA Marine Protected Area
MPA Mongla Port Authority
MRA Microcredit Regulatory Authority
MRT Mass Rapid Transit
MSC Management System Certificate
MT Metric Tonne
MW Megawatt
MVA Mega Volt Ampere
NAAND National Academy for Autism and Nero-Development Disabilities
NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing Laboratories
NAEM National Academy for Educational Management
NAMA National Appropriate Mitigation Action
NAP National Adaptation Plan
NAPA National Adaptation Programme of Action
NBDCs Non-Bank Depository Corporations
NBFIs Non-bank Financial Institutions
NBR National Board of Revenue
NCTB National Curriculum and Text Book Board
NDA Net Domestic Assets
NDC Nationally Determined Contribution
NEC National Economic Council
NESCO Northern Electricity Supply Company
NFA Net Foreign Assets
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NHA National Housing Authority
NIKDU National Institute of Kidney Disease and Urology
NIS National Integrity Strategy
NLDC National Load Dispatch Centre
NMI National Maritime Institute
NNGPS Newly Nationalised Government Primary School
NNS National Nutrition Services
NPCBL Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Ltd
NPCIL Nuclear Power Plant Company India Ltd
NPO National Productivity Organisation
NPP National Priority Project
NRCC National River Conservation Commission
NRCP National Residue Monitoring Programme
NSDA National Skills Development Authority
NSDC National Skill Development Council
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NSFR Net Stable Funding Ratio
NSI National Security Intelligence
NSO National Statistical Organisation
NSPC Nuclear Security and Physical Protection System Cell
NSSS National Social Security Strategy
NTCB National Curriculum and Textbook Board
NTVQF National Technical and Vocational Qualification Framwork
NWRI Nominal Wage Rate Index
OMS Open Market Sale
OPs Operational Plans
OPGW Optical Ground Wire
PCBs Private Commercial Banks
PDBF Palli Darido Bimochon Foundation
PDPP Preliminary Development Project Proposal
PEDP Primary Education Development Programme
PF Proliferation Financing
PFDS Public Food Distribution System
PFI Plants Forever Inc
PFIs Participating Financial Institutions
PGCB Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PKSF Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation
PMO Prime Minister’s Office
PMT Proxy Means Testing
PPE Pre-Primary Education
PPA Public Procurement Act
PPA Payra Port Authority
PPCR Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience
PPP Public Private Partnership
PSMP Power System Master Plan
PTAs Preferential Trade Agreements
PTS Primary Textile Sector
PWD Public Works Department
QIIP Quantum Index of Industrial Production
QLFS Quarterly Labour Force Survey
RAB Rapid Action Battalion
RADP Revised Annual Development Programme
RAJUK Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha
RCC Remediation Coordination Cell
RDCD Rural Development and Cooperation Division
RDA Rajshahi Development Authority
RDA Rural Development Academy
REB Rural Electrification Board
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RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RHD Roads and Highways Department
RM Reserve Money
RMG Ready-Made Garments
RNPP Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
ROSC Reaching Out of School Children
RTAs Regional Trade Agreements
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area
SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition
SATIS SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services
SASEC South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation
SBC Shadharan Bima Corporation
SBs Scheduled Banks/State Owned Specialised Banks
SCBs State-owned Commercial Banks
SCF Strategic Climate Funds
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SEIP Skills for Employment and Investment Programme
SEQAEP Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project
SESIP Secondary Education Sector Investment Programme
SESP Secondary Education Stipend Project
SFDF Small Farmers Development Foundation
SHSs Solar Home Systems
SIDS Small Island Developing States
SKO Superior Kerosene Oil
SKT Shishu Kallyan Trust
SLIP School Level Improvement Plan
SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises
SMEDP Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Development Project
SOCBs State Owned Commercial Banks
SOEs State Owned Enterprises
SPM Single Point Mooring
SREDA Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority
SREP Supervision Review Evaluation Process
SS Suspended Solid
SSS Society for Social Services
STCW International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
STD Standard Tender Document
STOL Short Take-Off and Landing
STP Strategic Transport Plan
TA Tariff Area
TB Tuberculosis
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TCB Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
TCF Trillion Cubic Feet
T&D Transmission and Distribution
TDS Total Dissolved Solid
TES Technical Expert Service
TF Terrorist Financing
TFR Total Fertility Rate
TICFA Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement
TLP Trade Liberalisation Programme
TNC Trade Negotiation Committee
TPS-OIC Trade Preferential System among OIC Countries
TR Test Relief
TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TRP Tariff Reduction Programme
TSC Teachers Students Centre
TSP Triple Super Phosphate
TTC Technical Training Centre
TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UAE United Arab Emirates
UDL UGC Digital Library
UK United Kingdom
ULDC Upazila Livestock Development Center
UN United Nations
UNCCD United Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCCC United Nations Climate Change Conference
UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UN-ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UPEP Upazila Primary Education Plan
US$ United States Dollar
USA United States of America
VAT Value Added Tax
VCG Village Conservation Groups
VDO Village Development Organisations
VDP Village Defense Party
VGD Vulnerable Group Development
VGF Vulnerable Group Feeding
VHF Very High Frequency
VPN Virtual Private Network
WASA Water Supply and Sewerage Authority
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WRI Wage Rate Index
WTO World Trade Organisation
WZPDC West Zone Power Distribution Company
ZDP Zero Discharge Plan

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