Bangladesh Computer Council

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). Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.