Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
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Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) is a scientific research organization and regulatory body of Bangladesh
. Its main objective is to pursue scientific research for the betterment of Bangladeshi people. It was established on 1978, after the liberation of Bangladesh.
was established in Dhaka in 1955. Subsequently, PSCIR laboratories were established in Rajshahi(1965) and in Chittagong(1967). After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, BCSIR was established by a resolution of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh which subsequently was reconstituted as the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research through a Presidential Ordinance namely Ordinance No. (V) of 1978.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. Its main objective is to pursue scientific research for the betterment of Bangladeshi people. It was established on 1978, after the liberation of Bangladesh.
History
BCSIR traces its roots back to the days of East Pakistan. East Regional Laboratories of PCSIRPCSIR
The Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is a government-owned science and industrialization research organization which mainly focuses on the development of industrial research. Initially established as Pakistan Department of Research in 1951, it was reformulated in its current...
was established in Dhaka in 1955. Subsequently, PSCIR laboratories were established in Rajshahi(1965) and in Chittagong(1967). After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, BCSIR was established by a resolution of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh which subsequently was reconstituted as the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research through a Presidential Ordinance namely Ordinance No. (V) of 1978.