Bangladesh Computer Council

The Bangladesh Computer Council is currently under intense institutional scrutiny by a government-appointed taskforce investigating alleged mismanagement and corruption in the ICT sector over the past 15 years.

BCC is Bangladesh's apex statutory ICT body, established under Act No. IX of 1990 (preceded by the 1989 Ordinance; the institution traces to the National Computer Committee formed in 1983). It sits under the ICT Division of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; parent_id_ref = 'ICT Division'. Executive Director Md Abu Sayed (Additional Charge, rank: Additional Secretary) confirmed active in this role as of November 2025 per BSS News; precise appointment date not found in primary sources so head_since = null. staff_count = null: no publicly available sanctioned-post figure found; Banglapedia mentions approximately 106 executives at headquarters with seven regional training centres, but a verified total sanctioned-post count was not recoverable. annual_budget_bdt = null: BCC's individual budget is embedded in the ICT Division envelope (Tk 2,144 crore for FY2025-26 per Lightcastle Partners / CPD budget analysis) and is not separately published. National Data Center: the only Tier-III certified government data center in Bangladesh, located at ICT Tower E-14/X, Agargaon, Dhaka 1207; certified since 2010 (Uptime Institute award foil FOIL_BCC8642_NDC-Expansion_TIIICDD_190509); offers IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. BGD e-GOV CIRT: established after the 2016 Bangladesh Bank cyber heist; FIRST, OIC-CERT, and APCERT member; now governed by Cyber Safety Ordinance 2025 (effective 21 May 2025) which replaced the Cyber Security Act 2023. BCC held ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 Tier-1 Role Model Country status. NID data controversy: EC cancelled BCC contract December 2024 for breaching the October 2022 bilateral agreement that barred NID data sharing with third parties. BdREN: Bangladesh Research and Education Network, a separate non-profit government trust (established 2009, trust formalised 2019) with 78 university members; managed under UGC/Ministry of Education but BCC provides some infrastructure support; classified as a separate entity from BCC in primary sources. Verification: all factual claims cross-checked against at least two independent primary or reputable secondary sources (Wikipedia, Banglapedia, BCC-CA official, BGD e-GOV CIRT official, BSS News, Mondaq, Daily Star, New Age).