Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Bangladesh)

It was built to develop skilled manpower trained in the uses of nuclear resources.

[4] President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ordered the establishment of an atomic research institute on 27 January 1973.

At independence, Bangladesh only possessed Atomic Energy Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture and three nuclear medical centres.

[2] In 1986 a 3 MWth TRIGA Mark-II research reactor was added to the establishment.

[2] There are 12 independent institutions in its Savar campus that research nuclear related fields:[2]