ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AB ADB AIMS BADC BARD BARI BASIC BB BBA BBS BCIC BFDC BFFWT BFRI BIWTA BIWTC BJMC BKB BOGMC BOP BPC BPDB BR BRAC BRDB BRRI BRTC BSB BSC BSCIC BSEC BSFIC BSRS BTCL BTMC BUET BWDB CA CAAB CDB - Agrani Bank Limited - Asian Development Bank - Aid Information Management System. - Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation - Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development - Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute - Bank of Small Industries and Commerce - Bangladesh Bank - Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited - Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics - Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation - Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation - Bangladesh Freedom Fighters' Welfare Trust - Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute - Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority - Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation - Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation - Bangladesh Krishi Bank - Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation - Balance of Payments - Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation - Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) - Bangladesh Railway - Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee - Bangladesh Rural Development Board - Bangladesh Rice Research Institute - Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation - Bangladesh Shilpa Bank - Bangladesh Shipping Corporation - Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation - Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation - Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation - Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha - Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited - Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation - Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology - Bangladesh Water Development Board (WDB) - Commodity Aid - Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAA) - Cotton Development Board CIDA CPA CUFL DAC DAE DANIDA DCC DPHE DSL DWA DWASA ECA EEC/EC EON ERD FA FAO FD FINNIDA FY GAF GB GDP GNP GOB GSB GTZ IBRD IDA IDB IFAD IMF IRRI JB JBIC JFCL JICA JMBA KDF KFW LGED MLT - Canadian International Development Agency - Chittagong Port Authority - Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Ltd. - Development Assistance Committee - Department of Agricultural Extension - The Danish International Development Agency - Dhaka City Corporation (formerly - Dhaka Municipal Corporation) - Department of Public Health Engineering - Debt Service Liabilities - Department of Women Affairs - Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority - Export Credit Agency - European Economic Community/European Commission - Exchange of Notes - Economic Relations Division - Food Aid - Food and Agriculture Organization - Finance Division - Finnish International Development Agency - Financial Year - Grameen Agriculture Foundation (GAF) - Grameen Bank - Gross Domestic Product - Gross National Product - Government of Bangladesh - Geological Survey of Bangladesh - German Agency for Technical Cooperation - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) - International Development Association - Islamic Development Bank - International Fund for Agricultural Development - International Monetary Fund - International Rice Research Institute - Janata Bank Limited - Japan Bank for International Cooperation (Former OECF) - Jamuna Fertilizer Company Limited - Japan International Cooperation Agency - Jamuna Multi-Purpose Bridge Authority - Kuwait Development Fund - Kreditanstalt Fuer Wiederaufbau - Local Government Engineering Department - Medium and Long Term Loans MOA MOE&F MOE&MR MOF MOF&L MOFD MOHFW MOP MT NA NBA NBR NGO NORAD NDF ODA OECD OECF OIC OPEC PA PB PC R&HD R&RTD RB RD REB SB SDC SFD SIDA SCNCL TCB TDS T&T UFFL UNCDF UNCTAD UNDP USAID ZFCL - Ministry of Agriculture - Ministry of Environment & Forests - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources - Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock - Ministry of Food and Disaster Management - Ministry of Health & Family Welfare - Ministry of Planning - Metric Tons - Not Available - National Broadcasting Authority - National Board of Revenue - Non-Governmental Organization - Norwegian Agency for International Development - Nordic Development Fund - Official Development Assistance - Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development - Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (At present JBIC) - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries - Project Aid - Petrobangla - Planning Commission - Roads & Highways Department - Road and Road Transport Division - Rupali Bank - Railway Division - Rural Electrification Board - Sonali Bank Limited - Swiss Development Corporation - Saudi Fund for Development - Swedish International Development Agency - Standing Committee on Non-Concessional Loan - Trading Corporation of Bangladesh - Total Debt Service - Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board - Urea Fertilizer Factory Ltd. - United Nations Capital Development Fund - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - United Nations Development Programme - United States Agency for International Development - Zia Fertilizer Company Ltd. Currencies Currency A$ AS BF BSTC C$ DFL Dirham DKR DM Euro FF FM ID IDR IRS KD Lira NKR NZD Rbl SDR CHF/SF SKR SR STG/GBP Taka US $ $ Yen Yuan Won Name of Currency Name of Country - Australian Dollar Australia - Austrian Schilling Austria - Belgian Franc Belgium - Bulgarian Pound Bulgaria - Canadian Dollar Canada - Dutch Florin Netherlands - Dirham United Arab Emirates - Danish Kroner Denmark - Deutsche Mark Germany - European Currency European Community - French Franc France - Finnish Marakka Finland - Iraqi Dinar Iraq - Islamic Dinar - Indian Rupees India - Kuwaiti Dinar Kuwait - Italian Lira Italy - Norwegian Kroner Norway - New Zealand Dollar New Zealand - Russian Roubles Russia - Special Drawing Right - Swiss Franc Switzerland - Swedish Kroner Sweden - Saudi Riyal Saudi Arabia - Pound Sterling United Kingdom - Bangladeshi Taka Bangladesh - US Dollar United States of America - United States dollar, unless otherwise stated. - Japanese Yen Japan - Chinese Yuan China - Korean Won South Korea SYMBOLS USED / - Nil or negligible. - An oblique stroke between two years refers to the fiscal year.