TheNational Telecommunication Monitoring Centre is a national-level intelligence agency of Bangladesh responsible for monitoring, collecting, and recording information and communication data. It is also responsible for the interception of electronic communication such as phone calls, emails, and social media accounts.[1][2][3]
The National Monitoring Centre was established in 2008 under theDirectorate General of Forces Intelligence. On 31 January 2013, the National Monitoring Centre was reorganized as an independent agency named National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre, and Brigadier GeneralIbne Fazal Sayekhuzzaman was appointed its founding director. The centre moved from its office from headquarters of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in Dhaka Cantonment to its own purpose built headquarters on 1 January 2017. Its technology was updated on 6 April 2017. Brigadier GeneralZiaul Ahsan was made the director of the centre on 6 March 2017.[4][5] The government approved the purchase of 2.36 billion taka worth of equipment for the centre to increase its monitoring ability.[6][7] On 21 July 2022, a new post was created as director general (DG) and existing DirectorZiaul Ahsan promoted to major general, and he became the first DG of NTMC.
