Some Important Abbreviation for BCS Preliminary Exam

ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADP	Annual Development Programme
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nation
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
BARD	Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development
BAPEX	Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited
BARI	Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institution
BASIC	Bank of Small Industries and Commerce
BASIS	Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services
BATEXPO	Bangladesh Textile Exposition
BCS	Bangladesh Civil Service
BEPZA	Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
BINA	Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture.
BKMEA	Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association
BIMSTEC	Bay of Bengal Initiatives on Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BJMA	Bangladesh Jute Mills Association
BOA	Bangladesh Olympic Association
BOI	Board of Investment
BRTC	Bangladesh Road Transport corporation
BSTI	Bangladesh Standard and testing Institution
BTC	Bangladesh Tariff Commission
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BIS	Bank of International Settlement
BO	Beneficiary Owner
BRRI	Bangladesh Rice Research Institution
BSA	Bangladesh Standard on Auditing
BTCL	Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited
BTRC	Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
BTTB	Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board
CAA	Civil Aviation Authority
CAB	Consumers' Association of Bangladesh
CARE	Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
CID	Criminal Investigation Department
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
CDBL	Central Depository Bangladesh Limited
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CBA	Collective Bargaining Agent
CIB	Credit Information Bureau
CIRDAP	Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
CNN	Cable News Network
CRD	Central Recovery Department
CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio (It is the amount that commercial bank have keep at Central Bank as deposit. Currently for Non Islamic commercial banks 4% and Islamic commercial bank 6%)
DNA	De-ox ribonucleic Acid
DA	Daily Allowance/ Dearness allowance
DAE	Department of Agricultural Extension
DB	Detective Branch
DCCI	Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
DFI	Direct Foreign Investment
ECG	Electro Cardio Gram
ECNEC	Executive Committee of National Economic Council
EPZ	Export Processing Zone
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
EVA	Economic Value Added
FAO	Food and Agricultural Organization
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FBCCI	Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FY	Fiscal Year
FOB	Free on Board
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIFA	Federation of International Football Association
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (At Present WTO)
GDP	Gross Domestic Product ( It denotes the total of goods and services produced by a nation over a given period, usually 1 year excluding income earned by citizen abroad and including income of foreigner within the country.)
GNP	Gross national product ( It denotes the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, plus income earned by its citizens abroad, minus income earned by foreigners from domesticproduction.)
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communication
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IRRI	International Rice Research Institute.
IAS	International Accounting Standard
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICB	Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
ICSID	International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
IDB	Islamic Development Bank
IDA	International Development Association (Also called 'soft-loan-window')
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IOC	International Olympic Committee
ILO	International Labor Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
lnterpol	International Criminal Police Organization
ISD	International Subscriber Dialing
ISP	Internet Service Provider
LGED	Local Government Engineering Department
LPG	Liquidities Petroleum Gas
MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MMS	Multimedia Message Service
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBFI	Non Banking Financial Institution
NBR	National Board of Revenue
NRB	Non-Resident Bangladeshi
NCC	National Cadet Corps
NAM	Non-Aligned Movement
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO	Non Government Organization
NWD	Nation Wide Dialing
OIC	Organization of Islamic Cooperation
OPEC	Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
PABX	Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
PSC	Public Service Commission
PUC	Personal Unblocking Code
PUK	Personal Unblocking Key