title: NGO Affairs Bureau
text: # NGO Affairs Bureau
  
  NGO Affairs Bureau is a government bureau in Bangladesh that regulates Non-governmental agencies.
  
  ## History
  
  NGO Affairs Bureau was founded in 1990. All NGOs that receive fund from outside Bangladesh are required by law to register with the bureau which falls under the Prime Minister's office. Mohammad Asadul Islam is the present director general of the bureau. There are 2,498 NGOs registered with the bureau of which 240 are foreign and the rest are domestic.
  
  