[1] Golam Faruq is the director general of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.
[4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to transform it into an independent research institute.
[6] In 2020, scientists at the institute developed two varieties of wheat that had resistance to Magnaporthe grisea.
[7] On 13 July 2021, Md Amiruzzaman was appointed the 4th director general of the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.
[8] The former chief scientific officer of the institute, Anwar Shaheed, was murdered in Dhaka on 12 November 2021.