List of Most Common Abbreviations

Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations for Bank Viva and written and other Exam:-

ABCN    Area Based Community Nutrition

ACC        Anti-Corruption Commission

ADB       Asian Development Bank

ADP       Annual Development Programme

ADR       Alternate Dispute Resolution

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AMC      Alternative Medical Care

ANC       Ante-Natal Care

APD       Academy for Planning and Development 

BADC     Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation

BARI      Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute

BB           Bangladesh Bank

BBC        Bangladesh Biman Corporation

BBS        Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

BCC        Behaviour Change Communication

BCSIR    Bangladesh Council for Science and Industrial Research

BDHS     Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey

BDR        Bangladesh Rifles

BELA      Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association

BEPZA   Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority

BGMEA                Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association

BIDS       Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

BINP      Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project

BIWTA Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority

BIWTC   Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation

BKMEA                 Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association

BMD      Bangladesh Meteorological Department

BMET    Bangladesh Manpower, Employment and Training

BOGMC                Bangladesh Oil-Gas and Mineral Corporation

BOI         Board of Investment

BOU       Bangladesh Open University

BPDB     Bangladesh Power Development Board

BR           Bangladesh Railway

BRAC     Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

BRDB     Bangladesh Rural Development Board 

BRRI       Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

BRTA     Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

BRTC      Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

BSCIC    Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation

BSTI       Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution

BTMA    Bangladesh Textile Manufacturers Association

BTRC      Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

BTTB      Bangladesh Telephone and Telegraph Board

CAB        Consumers' Association of Bangladesh

CBN       Cost of Basic Need 

CBO       Community Based Organization

CBW      Central Bonded Warehouse

CCI&E    Chief Controller of Import and Export

CD          Cabinet Division /Children Directorate 

CEDAW Convention for Eliminating Disparity Against Women

CHT        Chittagong Hill Tracts

CLS         Child Labour Survey

CMR      Child Mortality Rate

CNG       Compressed Natural Gas

CNU       Community Nutrition Unit

CPA        Chittagong Port Authority

CPR        Contraceptive Prevalence Rate vi

 CRC       Convention on the Rights of the Child

CSO        Civil Society Organisation 

DAE        Department of Agricultural Extension

DAM      Department of Agricultural Marketing

DC          Divisional Commissioner

DCI         Direct Calorie Intake

DESA     Dhaka Electric Supply Authority

DESCO  Dhaka Electric Supply Company

DHS        Demographic and Health Survey

DLS         Department of Livestock Services

DoF        Department of Fisheries/Department of Forest

DOTS     Directly Observed Treatments

DP          Development Partner

DPE        Department of Primary Education

DPO       Disabled People's Organizations

DSHE     Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education

DSL         Debt Service Liabilities 

DTCB     Dhaka Transport Co-ordination Board

ECA        Ecologically Critical Area

ECDP     Early Childhood Development and Pre-school

EIA         Environmental Impact Assessment

EOC        Essential Obstetric Care

EmOC    Emergency Obstetric Care

EMRD    Energy and Mineral Resources Division

EPB        Export Promotion Bureau

EPI          Expanded Programme for Immunization 

EPZ         Export Processing Zone

ERC        Energy Regulatory Commission

ERD        Economic Relations Division 

ESD        Essential Service Delivery

EU          European Union

FA           Field Assistant

FAO       Food and Agriculture Organization

FCD        Flood Control and Drainage

FCDI       Flood Control Drainage and Irrigation

FD           Finance Division 

FDI         Foreign Direct Investment

FEI          Food Energy Intake

FMU      Financial Monitoring Unit

FSSAP   Female Secondary School Assistance Project

FTA        Free Trade Area

FY           Fiscal Year

GDP       Gross Domestic Product

GED       General Economics Division 

GIE         Gini Income Elasticity

GIS         Geographic Information System

GMC      Global Movement for Children

GOB       Government of Bangladesh

GSP        Generalized System of Preference

GTCL      Gas Transmission Company Limited

HES        Household Expenditure Survey

HIES       Household Income and Expenditure Survey

HIV         Human Immune Virus

HNP       Health, Nutrition and Population

HNPSP  Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Programme

HRD       Human Resource Development

HSC        Higher Secondary School Certificate

HYV        High Yielding Variety

ICD         Inland Container Depot vii

 ICT         Information and Communication Technology

IDA         International Development Agency

IFPRI      International Food Policy Research Institute

IGTI        Inequality-Growth Trade-off Index

ILO         International Labour Organization

IMCI      Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

IMED     Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division 

IMF        International Monetary Fund

IMR        Infant Mortality Rate

IP            Indigenous People

IPM        Integrated Poverty Measure/ Integrated Pest Management

IPO         Import Policy Order

IPP         Independent Power Producer

IPR         Intellectual Property Rights

I-PRSP   Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

IRD         Internal Resources Division 

ISACPA Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation

ISO         International Standard Organization

IT            Information Technology

ITC          International Trade Centre

ITES ICT                Training and Enabled Service

LAN        Local Area Network

LB           Live Birth

LC           Letter of Credit

LCG        Local Consultative Group

LDC        Least Developed Country

LFS         Labour Force Survey 

LGD        Local Government Division 

LGED     Local Government Engineering Division

LGI         Local Government Institution

MC         Micro-credit

MCI        Micro-credit Institutions

MDG     Millennium Development Goal

MFA      Multi Fibre Arrangement

MFI        Micro Finance Institution

MFN      Most Favoured Nations

MIS        Management Information System

MMR     Maternal Mortality Rate

MoA      Ministry of Agriculture

MoC      Ministry of Commerce/ Ministry of Communications

MoCA   Ministry of Cultural Affairs

MoCAT Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism

MoCHTA              Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

MoD      Ministry of Defence

MoE       Ministry of Education/ Ministry of Establishment

MoEF    Ministry of Environment and Forest

MoEWOE             Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment

MoF       Ministry of Finance

MoFA    Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MoFDM               Ministry of Food and Disaster Management

MoFL     Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock

MoHA   Ministry of Home Affairs

MoHFW               Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

MoHPW               Ministry of Housing and Public Works

MoI        Ministry of Industries/ Ministry of Information

MoJT     Ministry of Jute and Textiles

MoL       Ministry of Land

MoLE     Ministry of Labour and Employment

MoLGRDC           Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives viii

 MoLJPA               Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs

MoLWA                Ministry of Liberation War Affairs

MoP      Ministry of Planning

MoPEMR             Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources

MoPME                Ministry of Primary & Mass Education

MoPT    Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications

MoRA   Ministry of Religious Affairs

MoS       Ministry of Shipping

MoSICT                Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology

MoSW  Ministry of Social Welfare

MoWCA               Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

MoWR  Ministry of Water Resources

MoYS    Ministry of Youth & Sports

MP         Member of Parliament

MPA      Mongla Port Authority

MSME   Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise

MTMF   Medium Term Macro Framework

MW       Mega Watt

MWCA Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

NAP       National Action Plan

NAPE     National Academy for Primary Education

NARS     National Agricultural Research System

NBR       National Board of Revenue

NCB       Nationalized Commercial Bank

NCC       National Co-ordination Council

NEC        National Economic Council

NEP        National Energy Policy

NFE        Non Formal Education

NGO      Non Government Organization

NIPSOM               National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine

NMR      Neonatal Mortality Rate

NMT      Non-motorized Transport

NNP       National Nutrition Programme

NPFP     National Poverty Focal Point

NPL        Non Performing Loan

NRR       Net Reproduction Rate

NSC        National Steering Committee (for preparation of PRSP)

NSS        National Skills Standard

NWMP National Water Management Plan 

NWP      National Water Policy

OCC       One-stop Crises Centre

ORT        Oral Re-hydration Therapy 

PAPR     Partnership Agreement on Poverty Reduction

PBS        Palli Biddut Samity ( Rural Electricity Co-operative of REB)

PC           Planning Commission

PD          Planning Division / Programming Division

PEDP     Primary Education and Development Programme

PGCB     Power Grid Company of Bangladesh

PKSF      Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation

PMAP   Post-MFA Action Programme 

PMS       Poverty Monitoring Survey

PMO      Prime Minister's Office

PNC       Post Natal Care

PD          Power Division 

PPRC     Power and Participation Research Centre

PRS        Poverty Reduction Strategy

PRSP      Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 

RDCD     Rural Development and Cooperatives Division 

REB        Rural Electrification Board ix

RHD       Roads and Highways Department

RLF         Revolving Loan Fund

RMG      Ready Made Garment

RMP      Road maintenance Programme 

RNF        Rural Non-Farm 

RNFA     Rural Non-Farm Activity

RNFE     Rural Non-Farm Economy

ROO       Rules of Origin 

RTA        Regional Trade Arrangements

SAARC  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SARA     Social Association for Rural Advancement

SBA        Skilled Birth Attendant

SBU        Strategic Business Unit

SDGs     SAARC Development Goals

SESIP     Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project

SEC         Securities and Exchange Commission

SMC       School Management Committee

SME       Small and Medium Enterprise

SOE        State Owned Enterprise

SPARSO                Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization

SPM       Suspended Particulate Matters

SSC         Secondary School Certificate

SSN        Social Safety-Net

SSNP     Social Safety Net Programme

STD        Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STW       Shallow Tube Well

TB           Tuberculosis

TBA        Trained Birth Attendant

TFR         Total Fertility Rate

TTC         Teachers Training College

TVET      Technical and Vocational Education and Training

TYRIP     Three Year Rolling Investment Programme

U2PEM Under Two Protein Energy Malnutrition

U5MR   Under Five Mortality Rate

UGC       University Grants Commission

UHC       Upazila Health Complex

UHFWC                Union Health and Family Welfare Centre

UNDP    United Nations Development Programme

UP          Union Parishad

VAT        Value Added Tax

VAW      Violence Against Women

VDP       Village Defense Party

VGD       Vulnerable Group Development

VGF       Vulnerable Group Feeding

WID       Women in Development

VOIP      Voice Over Internet Protocol

VRS        Vital Registration Statistics

VSAT     Very Small Aperture Terminal

VTE        Vocational and Technical Education

WAN     Wide Area Network

WARPO                Water Resource Planning Organization

WHO     World Health Organization

WSS       Water and Sanitation Sector

WTO      World Trade Organization