The National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre is a national-level intelligence agency of Bangladesh responsible for monitoring, collecting, and recording information and communication data. It is also responsible for the interception of electronic communication such as phone calls, emails, and social media accounts.

History

The National Monitoring Centre was established in 2008 under the

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (), commonly known by its acronym DGFI, is the defense intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation and evaluation of strategic and topographic informatio ...

. On 31 January 2013, the National Monitoring Centre was reorganized as an independent agency named National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, and Brigadier General Ibne Fazal Sayekhuzzaman was appointed its founding director. The centre moved from its office from headquarters of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in Dhaka Cantonment to its own purpose built headquarters on 1 January 2017. Its technology was updated on 6 April 2017. Brigadier General

Ziaul Ahsan Ziaul Ahsan (born 4 December 1970) is a former two star officer of Bangladesh Army and the antecedent director general of National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre. Ahsan is notable for his extrajudicial and enforced assignments while tenur ...

was made the director of the centre on 6 March 2017. The government approved the purchase of 2.36 billion taka worth of equipment for the centre to increase its monitoring ability. On 21 July 2022, a new post was created as director general (DG) and existing Director

promoted to major general, and he became the first DG of NTMC.

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