Bangladesh council of scientific and industrial
Resarch (BCSIR) derives its origin from East
Regional Laboratories of the then PCSIR
established in Dhaka in 1955. Subsequently, PCSIR
laboratories Rajshahi and Chittagong were
established in 1965 and 1967 respectively. After the
Independence, BCSIR was established by a
resolution of the Govt. of the people's Republic of
Bangladesh, which subsequently was brought under
the legal framework of the Ordinance of 1978
(Ordinance No. V) by a Presidential Order.