সংক্ষিপ্তাবলি ও আদ্যাক্ষর
জানা-অজানা কিছু সংক্ষিপ্তাবলি ও আদ্যাক্ষর (abbreviations and acronyms) নিচে তুলে ধরা হল:
AA = Advertising Association
ABI = Association of British Insurers
AM = Ante-Meridian
ATM = Automated Teller Machine
BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BDV = Budget Day Value
BGS = Bangladesh Geographical Society
BNGA = Bangladesh National Geographical Association
BST = Bangladesh Standard Time
BST = British Summer Time
CAD = Cash Against Documents
CBOs = Community Based Organizations
CBD = Central Business District
CBHI = Central Business Height Index
CBII = Central Business Intensity Index
CBR = Crude Birth Rate
CDR = Crude Death Rate
CUS = Centre for Urban Studies
EEZ = Exclusive Economic Zone
EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment
EPOS = Electronic Point of Sale
EPZ = Export Processing Zone
ESRU = Environmental Survey and Research Unit
ET = Epherman’s Time
EU = European Union
GDP = Gross Domestic Product
GIS = Geographical Information System
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
GNP = Gross National Products
GOB = Government of Bangladesh
HE = Horizontal Equivalent
HIA = Heritage Impact Assessment
IBRD = International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICC = International Chamber of Commerce
ICC = International Cricket Council
ICOMOS = International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICCROM = International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
IFAD = International Fund for Agricultural Development
IGU = International Geographical Union
IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRDP = Integrated Rural Development Programme
IST = Indian Standard Time
ITC = Inter-tropical Convergence
IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature
Landsat = Land Satellite
LDC = Least Developed Countries
LIS = Land Information Systems
NBA = Net Book Agreement
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NGOs = Non-Government Organizations
NRP = Net Replacement Rate
NSC = Neighborhood Shopping Centre
OBD = Outlying Business District
OG = Oriental Geographer
PLVI = Peak Land Value Intersection
PM = Post-Meridian
RF = Representative Fraction
SMA = Statistical Metropolitan Area
SME = Small to Medium Enterprise
SMSA = Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SPARRSO = Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation
SPSS = Statistical Package for Social Sciences
UNDP = United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNO = United Nations Organization
UT = Universal Time
VI = Vertical Interval
ZPG = Zero Population Growth
WHO = World Health Organization
WTO = World Trade Organization
WHC = World Heritage Center [সংকলিত]