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Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC)[2] (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন করপোরেশন) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh, tasked to promote the tourism industry of the country. It is the National Tourism Organization of the country. Recently Bangladesh Government has formed Tourist Police unit to better protect local and foreign tourists as well as look after the nature and wildlife in the tourist spots.

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation
Formation1972
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Chairman
Ali Kadar[1]
WebsiteBangladesh Parjatan Corporation

Establishment

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The Board of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, was established in the year 1973 consists of a chairman and 3 whole- time Directors. According to the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Order 1972, the purpose of the board are[3][4][5]

  • It shall be the function of the corporation to promote and develop tourism, provide facilities, undertake measures and carry out all forms of activities connected with or ancillary to tourism.
  • To promote tourist undertakings and to control and regulate tourist installations and services.
  • To organise reception and information facilities in or outside Bangladesh.
  • To create tourism awareness among the people.
  • To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel.

Functions

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The corporation performs following functions:[6]

  • To promote and develop tourism.
  • To establish tourism infrastructures in Bangladesh.
  • To provide facilities to undertake measures and carry out all kinds of activities connected with tourism
  • To acquire, establish, construct, arrange, provide and run hotels, restaurants, rest houses, picnic spots, camping sites, theatres, amusement parks and facilities for water skiing and entertainment.
  • To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel.

List of chairmen

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List of Chairmen of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation
No. Name Tenure Start Tenure End Reference
1 Nurul Qader Khan March 12, 1973 December 28, 1973 [7]
2 Rafiqullah Choudhury December 29, 1973 January 20, 1976 [7]
3 Hedayet Ahmed January 21, 1976 January 19, 1977 [7]
4 Lt Col Khandakar Mahbubur Rahman January 20, 1977 March 7, 1978 [7]
5 Gr Capt ABM Taher Quddus March 8, 1978 December 8, 1980 [7]
6 Kazi Manzoor-e-Mowla December 9, 1980 May 19, 1981 [7]
7 Sayed Ahmed Reza Hussain May 20, 1981 March 30, 1982 [7]
8 Gr Capt M Shawkatul Islam (Retd) May 1, 1982 September 3, 1984 [7]
9 Col Sayed Shahabuddin Ahmed September 4, 1984 October 7, 1988 [7]
10 Habibur Rahman November 6, 1988 February 5, 1991 [7]
11 Shamsul Islam February 6, 1991 October 15, 1991 [7]
12 AMM Nasrullah Khan October 16, 1991 June 5, 1992 [7]
13 Bazlur Rahman Choudhury June 6, 1992 October 21, 1992 [7]
14 MAR Talukder October 22, 1992 February 5, 1993 [7]
15 Col Bazlul Ghani Patwari April 12, 1993 December 5, 1993 [7]
16 Maj M Abul Bashar Mia December 6, 1993 February 28, 1994 [7]
17 Abdus Samad Bhuyan March 1, 1994 October 22, 1995 [7]
18 Dr AKA Mubin October 23, 1995 March 2, 1997 [7]
19 Khandaker Rashidul Haque March 3, 1997 April 10, 1999 [7]
20 Maj M Abul Bashar Mia April 11, 1999 September 5, 1999 [7]
21 Abu Saleh September 6, 1999 January 31, 2001 [7]
22 M Abdul Latif Mondal February 1, 2001 December 5, 2001 [7]
23 Abdur Razzaque December 6, 2001 January 28, 2003 [7]
24 Harunur Rashid Bhuya January 29, 2003 December 11, 2003 [7]
25 Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman January 1, 2004 March 8, 2005 [7]
26 Dr Mahfuzul Haque March 20, 2005 November 9, 2006 [7]
27 Mohammad Wajed Ali Khan November 12, 2006 March 23, 2007 [7]
28 Mohammad Hafizur Rahman Bhuya February 12, 2007 March 4, 2008 [7]
29 Shafique Al Mehdi March 5, 2008 May 10, 2009 [7]
30 Mizanur Rahman May 10, 2009 June 29, 2009 [7]
31 Mohammad Hamayet Uddin Talukder July 1, 2009 June 30, 2012 [7]
32 Mohammad Ehsanul Haque July 8, 2011 September 12, 2012 [7]
33 Mohammad Maqsudul Hasan Khan September 23, 2012 August 9, 2014 [7]
34 Dr Aparup Chaudhury August 18, 2014 May 8, 2017 [7]
35 Aktharuzzaman Khan Kabir May 11, 2017 July 21, 2019 [7]
36 Ram Chandra Das July 29, 2019 February 14, 2021 [7]
37 Mohammad Hannan Mia February 14, 2021 Incumbent [7]

References

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  1. ^ "Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation gets new chairman". UNB. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "ACC arrests Parjatan corporation official over graft case". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Order 1972". Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliament Affairs. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Objectives of National Tourism Organization (NTO)". Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation". Banglapedia. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Functions of National Tourism Organization (NTO)". Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation blessed with 37 Chairmen in 48 years". www.bangladeshmonitor.com.bd. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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