Shahidul Khan

In every job exam, some elaboration of popular abbreviate words are frequently seen. Today some of these are given. Try to memorize these.

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 Telecommunication Company Limited
BTRC= Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory 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 Immunodeficiency Virus
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-window')
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-Exporting 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