Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation

BCIC was established on 1 July 1976 through the 2nd amendment of Presidential Order No. 27 of 1972, merged from three predecessor corporations (Bangladesh Fertilizer, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Corporation; Bangladesh Paper and Board Corporation; Bangladesh Tanneries Corporation); this is confirmed by both Wikipedia and the official BCIC portal page. Legal basis cross-verified: Presidential Ordinance No. 25 of 1976 is the amending instrument per MCCI and Wikipedia. The Bangla name 'বাংলাদেশ কেমিক্যাল ইন্ডাস্ট্রিজ কর্পোরেশন' is taken directly from bcic.gov.bd. BCIC currently manages 13 large/medium factories and 10 joint-venture enterprises per Wikipedia and the official portal. Current Chairman Md Fazlur Rahman confirmed by: (1) New Age Bangladesh (July 2025 inspection of GPFPLC with Industries Secretary Md Obaidur Rahman); (2) The Business Standard (August 2025 Faridpur distribution visit and 9th/10th-grade officer appointment ceremony); (3) The Daily Star (April 2026 urea import tender statements). Exact appointment date for Md Fazlur Rahman is not publicly available from any primary source; head_since set to null to avoid fabrication. The Ghorashal-Polash plant restart date of March 31, 2026 is confirmed by Bonik Barta (GM Md Fakhrul Alam quoted) and corroborated by The Daily Star's subsequent coverage. Gas shutdown across five factories on approximately March 4 confirmed by Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune, Bangla Mirror News, and bdnews24.com. Urea stock figure of approximately 344,000 tonnes as of April 13 comes from BCIC officials quoted in Daily Star; 300,000 tonnes by early May is from The Daily Star/TBS News. Aman season requirement of 6.65 lakh tonnes and projected availability of 5.5 lakh tonnes cited by The Daily Star (Aman season urea concern article, May 2026). staff_count and annual_budget_bdt are null -- no publicly available, verified figures found; BCIC's budget is embedded in the Ministry of Industries allocation and not separately published in accessible FY2025-26 budget documents. The DAP fertilizer production halt due to gas crisis is confirmed by The Daily Star (separate article from urea plants). The Integrated Fertiliser Dealer Policy-2025 (November 2025) is cross-verified via BADC JSON (same corpus). Note: KAFCO (Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited) is privately operated, not a BCIC subsidiary, though it also shut down during the same gas crisis.