
Bangladesh Computer Council

The Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), is a statutory and autonomous government body located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that aids in the use of information technology and the formulation of related policy.
Bangladesh Computer Council operates a tier III certified national data center in Bangladesh.
The ICT Division of Bangladesh Computer Council is building a Tier IV National Data Center (4TDC) at Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City, Kaliakoir, Gazipur with the help of Chinese Government. This data center will be equipped with cloud computing and G-cloud (e-Governace through cloud computing) technology.
History.
In 1983, the National Computer Council was formed by the government of Bangladesh. The name was changed to the Bangladesh Computer Council in 1990 by the Bangladesh Computer Council Ordinance. It falls under the Information Technology (ICT) division of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information and provides support and services to 661 government organizations and agencies.
In 2016, the BCC launched eshikkha.net to teach computer programming in Bengali. The Bangladeshi government awarded the BCC a contract worth over 12 billion taka (US$149 million in February 2017) to connect 2,600 union councils to the internet via fiber optic cable.