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Functions section of the establishing act
৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী সংস্কৃতির বিকাশ; (খ) জনকল্যাণে প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ক উচ্চতর গবেষণা পরিচালনা এবং গবেষণায় উদ্ভাবিত পণ্য ও সেবার মেধাস্বত্ত্ব সংরক্ষণে সহায়তা প্রদান; (গ) প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টি এবং জ্ঞানভিত্তিক … Read all
৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী সংস্কৃতির বিকাশ; (খ) জনকল্যাণে প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ক উচ্চতর গবেষণা পরিচালনা এবং গবেষণায় উদ্ভাবিত পণ্য ও সেবার মেধাস্বত্ত্ব সংরক্ষণে সহায়তা প্রদান; (গ) প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টি এবং জ্ঞানভিত্তিক সমাজ প্রতিষ্ঠায় সহায়তা প্রদান: (ঘ) প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী কর্মসূচি ও প্রকল্প গ্রহণ; (ঙ) অংশীদারিত্ব প্রতিষ্ঠার ক্ষেত্রে সরকার, শিল্প, শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা ও সমাজের বিভিন্ন শ্রেণি ও পেশাসহ দেশি-বিদেশি প্রতিষ্ঠানসমূহকে সেবা ও পরামর্শ প্রদান ও প্রয়োজনে গ্রহণ; (চ) কোনো নাগরিক বা প্রতিষ্ঠানকে অগ্রসর প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টিতে সহায়তা প্রদান; (ছ) আঞ্চলিক ও আন্তর্জাতিক সহযোগিতার মাধ্যমে এজেন্সিকে বৈশ্বিক মানসম্পন্ন প্রতিষ্ঠান হিসাবে প্রতিষ্ঠাকরণ; এবং (জ) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, সরকার কর্তৃক, সময় সময়, প্রদত্ত নির্দেশনা সাপেক্ষে, উহার উপর অর্পিত অন্যান্য দায়িত্ব পালন এবং প্রয়োজনীয় অন্য যে কোনো কার্য সম্পাদন। (২) এজেন্সি কোনো উদ্যোগ গ্রহণ, পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন এবং কার্যাবলি সম্পাদনের ক্ষেত্রে সরকারের সংশ্লিষ্ট মন্ত্রণালয়, বিভাগ ও দপ্তরসমূহের সহিত সমন্বয় সাধন করিবে।
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Functions section of the establishing act, verbatim · ৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী …
Establishing act
৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী সংস্কৃতির বিকাশ; (খ) জনকল্যাণে প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ক উচ্চতর গবেষণা পরিচালনা এবং গবেষণায় উদ্ভাবিত পণ্য ও সেবার মেধাস্বত্ত্ব সংরক্ষণে সহায়তা প্রদান; (গ) প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টি এবং জ্ঞানভিত্তিক … Read all
৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী সংস্কৃতির বিকাশ; (খ) জনকল্যাণে প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ক উচ্চতর গবেষণা পরিচালনা এবং গবেষণায় উদ্ভাবিত পণ্য ও সেবার মেধাস্বত্ত্ব সংরক্ষণে সহায়তা প্রদান; (গ) প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টি এবং জ্ঞানভিত্তিক সমাজ প্রতিষ্ঠায় সহায়তা প্রদান: (ঘ) প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী কর্মসূচি ও প্রকল্প গ্রহণ; (ঙ) অংশীদারিত্ব প্রতিষ্ঠার ক্ষেত্রে সরকার, শিল্প, শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা ও সমাজের বিভিন্ন শ্রেণি ও পেশাসহ দেশি-বিদেশি প্রতিষ্ঠানসমূহকে সেবা ও পরামর্শ প্রদান ও প্রয়োজনে গ্রহণ; (চ) কোনো নাগরিক বা প্রতিষ্ঠানকে অগ্রসর প্রযুক্তি সম্পর্কিত জনসচেতনতা ও চাহিদা সৃষ্টিতে সহায়তা প্রদান; (ছ) আঞ্চলিক ও আন্তর্জাতিক সহযোগিতার মাধ্যমে এজেন্সিকে বৈশ্বিক মানসম্পন্ন প্রতিষ্ঠান হিসাবে প্রতিষ্ঠাকরণ; এবং (জ) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, সরকার কর্তৃক, সময় সময়, প্রদত্ত নির্দেশনা সাপেক্ষে, উহার উপর অর্পিত অন্যান্য দায়িত্ব পালন এবং প্রয়োজনীয় অন্য যে কোনো কার্য সম্পাদন। (২) এজেন্সি কোনো উদ্যোগ গ্রহণ, পরিকল্পনা বাস্তবায়ন এবং কার্যাবলি সম্পাদনের ক্ষেত্রে সরকারের সংশ্লিষ্ট মন্ত্রণালয়, বিভাগ ও দপ্তরসমূহের সহিত সমন্বয় সাধন করিবে।
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Establishing act, verbatim · ৫। (১) এই আইনের উদ্দেশ্য পূরণকল্পে, এজেন্সির ক্ষমতা ও কার্যাবলি হইবে নিম্নরূপ, যথা:- (ক) জনবান্ধব সেবাব্যবস্থার উন্নয়নে প্রযুক্তিভিত্তিক উদ্ভাবনী …
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ICT Division, FY2026-27 total Tk 2,049.02 croreParent's line (ICT Division): development
Tk 1,749.52 crore
Parent's line (ICT Division): operating
Tk 299.50 crore
Parent's line (ICT Division): revised total
Tk 2,866.46 crore
Parent's line (ICT Division): total
Tk 2,144.00 crore
Parent's line (ICT Division): reviewed budget division
Information and Communication Technology Division | তথ্য ও যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি বিভাগ
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Operating Tk 203.79 crore, development Tk 1,490.88 crore
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Through parent · ICT Division, FY2026-27 total Tk 2,049.02 crore
Parent's line (ICT Division): development · Tk 1,749.52 crore · FY2026-27
Parent's line (ICT Division): operating · Tk 299.50 crore · FY2026-27
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Information and Communication Technology | Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme
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Information and Communication Technology | Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme IC
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e-GP procuring office, two readers · Information and Communication Technology | Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme
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e-GP procuring office, two readers · Information and Communication Technology | Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme IC
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প্রকল্প পরিচালক (অতিরিক্ত সচিব) (অতিরিক্ত দায়িত্ব)
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NarrativeThe Reading Test
content/narratives/2026-05-16-reading-test
Agency to Innovate (a2i): the text names it (publication_bindings: registry_acronym 'a2i', paragraph 25)
Narrativeপড়ার পরীক্ষা
content/narratives/2026-05-16-reading-test-bn
Agency to Innovate (a2i): the text names it (publication_bindings: registry_acronym 'a2i', paragraph 25)
NarrativeThe Haat That Eats the Farmer
content/narratives/2026-05-27-haat-eats-farmer
Agency to Innovate (a2i): the text names it (publication_bindings: registry_acronym 'a2i', paragraph 30)
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content/narratives/2026-05-27-haat-eats-farmer-bn
Agency to Innovate (a2i): the text names it (publication_bindings: registry_acronym 'a2i', paragraph 31)
Parent's line (ICT Division): total · Tk 2,144.00 crore · FY2025-26
Parent's line (ICT Division): reviewed budget division · Information and Communication Technology Division | তথ্য ও যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি বিভাগ · reviewed 23 Sep 2026
Parent's line (ICT Division): Demands for Grants unit · Operating Tk 203.79 crore, development Tk 1,490.88 crore · FY2026-27 budget
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Matched by domain exact · a2i.gov.bd
Matched by domain exact · a2i.gov.bd
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The ADP prints each executing agency as text with no registry id. The measured name match waits for a second reader before it is bound.
Dated facts: none held for this body. Only facts with a date printed in a primary document: the act date on bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd, Bangladesh Gazette decisions published 2026-04-06 to 2026-09-17 (one parser's reading, not yet checked by a second), and, read by two readers, the amendment notes of Schedule I of the Rules of Business (revised up to February 2024) and the long title of the Act that establishes a body. Postings from Part II of the weekly Gazette 2015-2026 are one reader's reading (agy Gemini) checked by a code gate against the stored page; `readers` says whether a blind second reader agreed. No dated evidence is held for this body. State over time
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None of the 118 published issues (21 May 2026 to 19 Sept 2026) names this body. Matched by the body's name (Agency to Innovate (a2i)) printed in the issue.
The Daily Advisor is BPL's own AI-drafted policy writing, not evidence about this body.
Below: 2 BPL pages carry this body.
Simulate (S1, −10%): the engine refused this body (HTTP 503): {"error":"pipeline check failed","dependents":["scenario:S1"],"datasets":[],"failing":[{"dependent":"scenario:S1","dataset":null,"check":"report","detail":"TWIN_PIPELINE_DIR is not set"}]}. Open in simulate for ICT Division, the body above it