In 2013, the Bangladesh Standards Testing Institute published a guideline to assess the food safety of products derived from genetically engineered (GE) plants.
On May 15, 2014, the Ministry of Science and Technology gazetted the Work Plan for the National Biotechnology Policy 2012.
The legal analysis on whether or not certain New Plant Breeding Techniques, known as NBTs, fall under the scope of the European GMO legislation is expected to be published soon.