Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority

BHTPA was established under the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Act, 2010 (gazetted 18 March 2010; amended 2014) as an autonomous statutory body under the ICT Division of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; parent_id_ref = 'ICT Division'. Governance: a Board of Governors chaired by the Chief Adviser/Prime Minister and an Executive Committee chaired by the ICT Minister/Minister of State oversee the authority; the Managing Director is the chief executive officer. Current MD: Md. Mamunur Rashid Bhuiyan confirmed active in press briefings as of January 28, 2026 (Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2026); precise appointment date not found in primary sources, so head_since = null. staff_count = null: no sanctioned-post figure found in publicly available documents. annual_budget_bdt = null: BHTPA's individual budget is embedded in the ICT Division envelope (Tk 2,144 crore FY2025-26) and is not separately published in available budget documents. 28 parks figure: confirmed by MD Mamunur Rashid Bhuiyan at the Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2026 press conference, corroborated by Wikipedia and BHTPA's own portfolio listings covering hi-tech parks, software technology parks, and IT training and incubation centres. Janata Tower STP: 12-story multitenant building at Karwan Bazar, Dhaka; 17 IT companies, ~700 staff, 50 zero-cost start-up spaces; Vision 2021 Tower-2 under construction adjacent. Sylhet Hi-Tech Park: formally Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-Tech Park, Sylhet (BSMHTP, Sylhet) / Sylhet Electronics City; 162.83 acres at Companiganj Upazila, approximately 22 km north of Sylhet city, 18 km from airport; launched 12 December 2021 (inaugurated by then-PM Sheikh Hasina); 9,010 sq ft allocated to 3 companies post-inauguration; infrastructure procurement (boundary wall, entrance gate, internal roads) ongoing as of 2025. Kaliakair Hi-Tech City (Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City, Kaliakair): 355 acres; flagship park; cumulative investment >$800 million from approximately 75 companies with 5,000+ employees as of September 2025; all 50 industrial plots allocated; $64 million in new proposals since August 2024. BSIA: the Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) -- not Bangladesh Software Industry Association -- signed an MoU with Hubei Semiconductor Industry Association (HSIA, China) in August 2025; BHTPA's Sylhet Electronics City is the identified BSIA investment target park; no direct BHTPA-BSIA bilateral MoU found in primary sources. OSS: One-Stop Service portal (ossbhtpa.gov.bd) integrates government agencies for IT investor onboarding covering land allocation, licences, work permits, and customs approvals. Merger: government's high-level committee (convener: Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan; member-secretary: BIDA/BEZA Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun) reviewing merger of 6 investment bodies; BHTPA is in the second-phase cohort after BIDA-PPPA merge first; final IPA blueprint expected February 2026, implementation April 2026; no merger completed as of verification date. Verification: all factual claims cross-checked against at least two independent primary or reputable sources (BHTPA official portal, Wikipedia, Daily Star, TBS News, BSS News, TechWorldBD, New BHTPA portal, ossbhtpa.gov.bd, DEIED project site, Grokipedia). 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.