1972: BRAC starts at Sulla (Sylhet) as a relief organisation

1973: Transition to a development organisation

1974:
· Relief work among famine and flood victims of Rowmari, Kurigram started
· Microcredit started

1975:
· Research and Evaluation Division (RED) established
· Jamalpur Women's Project commenced

1976: Manikganj Integrated Project initiated

1977:
· BRAC commences 'Targeted' development approach through Village Organisations (VO)
· BRAC Printers set up

1978:
· Training and Resource Centre (TARC) set up
· Aarong set up
· Sericulture started

1979:
· Outreach programme launched
· Rural Credit and Training Programme (RCTP) launched
· Poultry Programme commenced

1980: Oral Therapy Extension Programme (OTEP) launched

1983: Livestock Programme initiated

1985:
· Non-formal Primary Education Programme (NFPE)
· Rural Enterprise Project (REP) launched
· Income Generation for Vulnerable Group
· Development (IGVGD) Programme launched

1986:
· Rural Development Programme (RDP) formed by merging Rural Credit and TrainingProgramme (RCTP) and Outreach programme
· Child Survival Programme (CSP) commenced

1988: Monitoring Department set up

1990:
· Rural Development Programme (RDP) Phase II commenced
· Sustainable Rural Credit Programme (RCP) commenced
· Management Development Programme (MDP) set up

1991:
· Women’s Health Development Programme (WHDP) commenced
· Women’s Advisory Committee (WAC) set up

1992: Centre for Development Management (CDM) established

1993: Rural development Programme (RDP) Phase III commenced

1994: Non-formal Primary Education programme (NFPE) launched in Africa

1995:
· Adult Literacy Centres opened
· Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) andGender Resource Centre (GRC) set up
· Continuing Education (CE) Programme Started

1996:
· Rural Development Programme (RDP) IV commenced
· Micro-Enterprise Lending and Assistance (MELA) launched
· BRAC BDMail Ltd. Company launched

1997:
· Urban Development Programme started
· Gender Policy Launched
· Delta BRAC Housing programme launched

1998:
· BRAC Dairy and Food Project commissioned
· Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Programme started

1999: BRAC Information Technology Institute launched

2001:
· BRAC University launched
· BRAC Bank Ltd. launched
· Post Primary Basic Education (PBEn) Programme set up

2002:
· Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction launched
· BRAC-Afghanistan Programme commenced
· BRAC Advocacy & Human Rights Unit set up

2003:
· BRAC Tea Companies launched
· Continuing Education & Post -Primary Basic Education Programme integrated into a single Programme renamed as Post Primary Basic and Continuing Education Programme (PACE)
· Documenta TM Ltd. launched
· TB Programme coverage expanded
· BU-IED initiated

2004:
· Office of the Ombudsperson established
· SHarE Unit set up
· Salma Sobhan Fellowship in Journalism for Women Programme launched