Survey of Bangladesh

Head

Nur-E-Alam Mohammad Jobayer Sarwar

Role

Surveyor General

Annual budget

n/a

Staff

n/a

Established

1971

Legal basis

Transformed from Survey of Pakistan (Dhaka regional office) into Survey of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Defence upon Bangladesh's independence on 16 December 1971; operates as a government department under the Rules of Business of the Government of Bangladesh.

The Survey of Bangladesh is focused on the modernization of its national mapping infrastructure and the full operationalization of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

SOB traces its institutional lineage to the Bengal Survey founded 1 January 1767 by the East India Company; after partition (14 August 1947) it became Survey of Pakistan with a Dhaka regional office comprising 2 directorates, 2 field parties, 1 drawing office, 1 photogrammetric office, and a geodetic department; it became Survey of Bangladesh upon independence in 1971. The Surveyor General holds the rank of Brigadier General from the Corps of Engineers, Bangladesh Army. established_year is recorded as 1971 (legal successor state entity); the 1767 colonial founding is noted here for context. No sanctioned staff count or separate SOB budget line is publicly disclosed; SOB falls under the Ministry of Defence grant. annual_budget_bdt and fy_budget_year left null -- SOB's allocation is not itemised separately in published MoD budget documents. The head name 'Nur-E-Alam Mohammad Jobayer Sarwar' and appointment date 28 December 2023 are cross-verified via the April 2026 peak survey news coverage (GPS World, Dhaka Tribune, TBS News) and a biographical reference in search metadata; the exact romanisation 'Jobayer' (not 'Zobayer') is used as it appears in Dhaka Tribune and TBS News coverage. The GNSS highest-peak survey results had not been officially announced as of 2026-05-17; last_known_position reflects pre-announcement status.