Barind Multipurpose Development Authority () is a

Bangladesh government The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the le ...

development authority under the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

responsible for development of

Barind Tract Barind Tract (alternately called the Varendra Tract in English and Borendro Bhumi in Bengali) is the largest Pleistocene era physiographic unit in the Bengal Basin. It covers most of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Pabna, Rajshahi, Bogra, and Joypurhat di ...

in northwestern Bangladesh, covering an area of approximately 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi). Begum Akhter Jahan is chairman of the authority.

History

Barind Integrated Area Development Project was established in 1985 to develop the Barind Tract under the authority of

Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation or BADC, is an autonomous government body that manages the agricultural Inputs Supplier i.e. agricultural seeds, non-nitrogen fertilizer and Minor Irrigation facilitating to farmers of Bangladesh an ...

. The project was completed in 1990 and had only used 26 percent of its original budget. On 15 June 1992 the project was reconstituted as the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture.

References

1992 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies of Bangladesh Government departments of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub