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BAB’s Efforts to Strengthen Bangladesh’s Quality Systems and Global Trade
The Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is the only national accreditation body mandated by law, to provide accreditation services to different conformity assessment bodies (CABs) operating in the country. Since its establishment, BAB has been playing a key role in improving national quality systems, building trust in local conformity assessment services, and helping local products and services gain acceptance in global markets. This shows BAB’s strong focus on quality, innovation, teamwork and supporting the country’s long-term economic growth.
To encourage and promote BAB accreditation, BAB builds partnerships with regulators, industries, universities, and international organisations. To improve product/service quality, ensure safety, and build trust in conformity assessment activities, BAB has launched a series of initiatives such as training programs for CABs and regulators to upgrade their skills, public awareness campaigns to explain how accreditation protects consumers, and how Mutual Recognition Arrangements ensure global acceptance of results from BAB-accredited CABs and boosts trade.
In 2024-2025, BAB trained 207 technical personnel from local CABs, universities, and government agencies, hosting six training sessions on different international standards and technical topics. These programs helped participants stay updated with global best practices and customers’ requirements. BAB is also working to sign three MoUs with regional and international development partners and peer organisations by the 2025-2026 financial year, to develop the capacity of accreditation schemes and improve institutional capacity supporting cross-border trade in agricultural and food products.
BAB works tirelessly to create a culture of quality and trust in CABs serving in the healthcare, environment and export sectors, to ensure their competency to generate reliable and technically valid testing results. BAB also works to expand its facilities to the divisional level, to make its service more people-oriented and easily accessible. BAB has been successful in bringing public laboratories of the country under its accreditation schemes. Some of the key BAB-accredited public laboratories include: Testing Laboratories & National Metrology Laboratory (Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute), Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Center), National Control Laboratory (Drug Administration), Quality Control Laboratories ( Department of Livestock Services and Department of Fisheries), National Food Safety Laboratory (Institute of Public Health), Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory & Pesticide Analytical Laboratory (BARI), Institute of Technology Transfer and Innovation, Leather Research Institute Laboratory, Institute of National Analytical Research and Services (BCSIR) Textile Testing and Consultation Services (Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX). Dhaka Laboratory, Department of Environment. These laboratories play a vital role in monitoring the quality of products and services and ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
BAB actively works with regional and global partners to facilitate regional and international cooperation in accreditation. On 26 February 2025, Dr. Shahzad Afzal, Director General of the South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO) met BAB’s Director General, Mr. Md. Anwarul Alam at BAB’s head office. They emphasised stronger collaboration among SAARC countries in setting common standards and strengthening strong regional cooperation in accreditation.
As Bangladesh works towards its development goals, BAB remains central for promoting the “Made in Bangladesh” campaign by ensuring quality, reliability, and global trust of its products and paving the way for their global acceptance. It is expected that BAB will continue this progress and further accelerate the country’s quality movement.
