Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development

Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পল্লী উন্নয়ন একাডেমী (বার্ড)) started its journey on 27 May 1959 as a training, research and action research institute in rural development. The founder director of this academy dedicated to the leadership of Akhtar Hameed Khan, some researchers carried out continuous experiments with rural people and developed some model programs for rural development in this country.

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