Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC;^[2] Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন করপোরেশন, lit. 'Bangladesh Tourism Corporation') is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh, tasked to promote the tourism industry of the country. It is the national tourism organization of the country.

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation

Formation	1972
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served	Bangladesh
Official language	Bengali
Chairman	Saema Shahin Sultana[1]
Website	Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation

Establishment

The Board of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, was established in the year 1973 consists of a chairman and 3 whole- time Directors. According to the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Order 1972, the purpose of the board are^[3][4][5]

• It shall be the function of the corporation to promote and develop tourism, provide facilities, undertake measures and carry out all forms of activities connected with or ancillary to tourism.
• To promote tourist undertakings and to control and regulate tourist installations and services.
• To organise reception and information facilities in or outside Bangladesh.
• To create tourism awareness among the people.
• To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel.

The National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute was established in 1974 under the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation to provide professional training to develop skilled manpower for the hotel and tourism industry.^[6]

Functions

The corporation performs following functions:^[7]

• To promote and develop tourism.
• To establish tourism infrastructures in Bangladesh.
• To provide facilities to undertake measures and carry out all kinds of activities connected with tourism
• To acquire, establish, construct, arrange, provide and run hotels, restaurants, rest houses, picnic spots, camping sites, theatres, amusement parks and facilities for water skiing and entertainment.
• To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel.

List of chairmen

List of Chairmen of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation

No.	Name	Tenure Start	Tenure End	Reference
1	Nurul Qader Khan	March 12, 1973	December 28, 1973	[8]
2	Rafiqullah Choudhury	December 29, 1973	January 20, 1976	[8]
3	Hedayet Ahmed	January 21, 1976	January 19, 1977	[8]
4	Lt Col Khandakar Mahbubur Rahman	January 20, 1977	March 7, 1978	[8]
5	Gr Capt ABM Taher Quddus	March 8, 1978	December 8, 1980	[8]
6	Kazi Manzoor-e-Mowla	December 9, 1980	May 19, 1981	[8]
7	Sayed Ahmed Reza Hussain	May 20, 1981	March 30, 1982	[8]
8	Gr Capt M Shawkatul Islam (Retd)	May 1, 1982	September 3, 1984	[8]
9	Col Sayed Shahabuddin Ahmed	September 4, 1984	October 7, 1988	[8]
10	Habibur Rahman	November 6, 1988	February 5, 1991	[8]
11	Shamsul Islam	February 6, 1991	October 15, 1991	[8]
12	AMM Nasrullah Khan	October 16, 1991	June 5, 1992	[8]
13	Bazlur Rahman Choudhury	June 6, 1992	October 21, 1992	[8]
14	MAR Talukder	October 22, 1992	February 5, 1993	[8]
15	Col Bazlul Ghani Patwari	April 12, 1993	December 5, 1993	[8]
16	Maj M Abul Bashar Mia	December 6, 1993	February 28, 1994	[8]
17	Abdus Samad Bhuyan	March 1, 1994	October 22, 1995	[8]
18	Dr AKA Mubin	October 23, 1995	March 2, 1997	[8]
19	Khandaker Rashidul Haque	March 3, 1997	April 10, 1999	[8]
20	Maj M Abul Bashar Mia	April 11, 1999	September 5, 1999	[8]
21	Abu Saleh	September 6, 1999	January 31, 2001	[8]
22	M Abdul Latif Mondal	February 1, 2001	December 5, 2001	[8]
23	Abdur Razzaque	December 6, 2001	January 28, 2003	[8]
24	Harunur Rashid Bhuya	January 29, 2003	December 11, 2003	[8]
25	Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman	January 1, 2004	March 8, 2005	[8]
26	Dr Mahfuzul Haque	March 20, 2005	November 9, 2006	[8]
27	Mohammad Wajed Ali Khan	November 12, 2006	March 23, 2007	[8]
28	Mohammad Hafizur Rahman Bhuya	February 12, 2007	March 4, 2008	[8]
29	Shafique Al Mehdi	March 5, 2008	May 10, 2009	[8]
30	Mizanur Rahman	May 10, 2009	June 29, 2009	[8]
31	Mohammad Hamayet Uddin Talukder	July 1, 2009	June 30, 2012	[8]
32	Mohammad Ehsanul Haque	July 8, 2011	September 12, 2012	[8]
33	Mohammad Maqsudul Hasan Khan	September 23, 2012	August 9, 2014	[8]
34	Dr Aparup Chaudhury	August 18, 2014	May 8, 2017	[8]
35	Aktharuzzaman Khan Kabir	May 11, 2017	July 21, 2019	[8]
36	Ram Chandra Das	July 29, 2019	February 14, 2021	[8]
37	Mohammad Hannan Mia	February 14, 2021	Incumbent	[8]