Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) is a government agency under the

Ministry of Industries A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

constituted for the purpose of controlling the standards of services and goods, and introduction of the

international system of units The International System of Units, known by the international abbreviation SI in all languages and sometimes pleonastically as the SI system, is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. E ...

of weights and measures.

History

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution was established in 1971 after the

liberation war Wars of national liberation or national liberation revolutions are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) to establish separat ...

as a National Standards body of the country. In 1974, the institution so formed has become member of the

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...

(ISO). The institution comes into being through an Ordinance (Ordinance XXXVII of 1985) with the merger of Bangladesh Standards Institution and the Central Testing Laboratories in 1985. The institution playing an important role in developing and promoting industrial standardization all over the country. BSTI is headed by a Director General. In 1995 Department of Agricultural Grading and Marking merged with BSTI.

Membership

BSTI is member of following organisation: *

International Organization of Legal Metrology The International Organization of Legal Metrology (french: Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale - OIML), is an intergovernmental organisation that was created in 1955 to promote the global harmonisation of the legal metrology procedu ...

(OIML) *

Codex Alimentarius Commission The Codex Alimentarius () is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations relating to food, food production ...

(CAC) *

International Electrotechnical Commission The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and r ...

(IEC) * Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) * Asian Forum for Information Technology (AFIT) * ISO Information Network (ISO NET) * Standing Group for Standardization, Metrology, Testing and Quality

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* * {{authority control Standards organisations in Bangladesh Organizations established in 1971 1971 establishments in Bangladesh Government agencies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka