Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute
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The Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute ({{Langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট}}) is a Bangladesh government owned research institute that researches wheat and maize. It is located in Nashipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh.{{Cite news |date=24 March 2021 |title=Agrotech demonstration fair held in Dinajpur |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/companies/agrotech-demonstration-fair-held-dinajpur-221308 |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}} Golam Faruq is its director general.{{Cite web |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট |url=http://bwmri.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/http%3A%2F%2Fbwmri.portal.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fbiography%2F0329890c-d27a-4239-8364-360670096125 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=bwmri.portal.gov.bd |language=en}} It had received the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for research in 2022.{{Cite news |title=PM seeks countrymen's collective efforts for Bangladesh's enhanced image abroad |url=https://www.rtvonline.com/english/bangladesh/8221/PM-seeks-countrymens-collective-efforts-for-Bangladeshs-enhanced-image-abroad |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=RTV |language=en}}
History
The Wheat Research Centre was established in 1984 under the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute.{{cite web |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট |url=http://www.bwmri.gov.bd/site/page/fe837136-c21a-4079-bfbe-6118920da1b0/- |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=bwmri.gov.bd |language=en}} Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to transform it into an independent research institute. In 2006, research on maize was added to the institute. In 2017, the parliament of Bangladesh passed the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, which established the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute to research wheat and maize.{{Cite news |title=Contribution of Wheat and Maize Research Institute |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/622394/Contribution-of-Wheat-and-Maize-Research-Institute |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}} The institute has seven regional stations.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute |url=http://bwmri.portal.gov.bd/site/page/ec59ec94-077b-43d5-abf7-2a571dbdec2e/http%3A%2F%2Fbwmri.portal.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fpage%2Fec59ec94-077b-43d5-abf7-2a571dbdec2e%2F- |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=bwmri.portal.gov.bd |language=en}}
In 2020, scientists at the institute developed two varieties of wheat that had resistance to Magnaporthe grisea.{{Cite news |last=Karmaker |first=Kongkon |date=18 September 2020 |title=BWMRI scientists develop 2 blast tolerant wheat varieties |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/bwmri-scientists-develop-2-blast-tolerant-wheat-varieties-1963361 |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
On 13 July 2021, Md Amiruzzaman was appointed the 4th director general of the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Wheat, Maize Research Instt gets new DG |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/bangladesh-wheat-maize-research-instt-gets-new-dg-64171 |access-date=15 July 2022 |website=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}} The former chief scientific officer of the institute, Anwar Shaheed, was murdered in Dhaka on 12 November 2021.{{Cite news |title=Ex-wheat institute scientist stabbed to death in Dhaka |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2021/11/12/ex-wheat-institute-scientist-stabbed-to-death-in-dhaka |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=bdnews24.com |date=12 November 2021}}
In 2022, the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute was awarded the Independence Day Award for research.{{Cite news |title=10 distinguished persons, a research institute to receive Independence Award-2022 |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/10-distinguished-persons-a-research-institute-to-receive-independence-award-2022 |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=Prothom Alo |date=15 March 2022 |language=en}}