Kammala wannan jumla: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution an kafa shi ne a 1971 bayan da
yakin 'yanci a matsayin National Standards jiki na kasar. A shekara ta 1974, cibiyar da aka kafa ta zama memba na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya (ISO). Cibiyar ta kasance ta hanyar Dokar (Dokar XXXVII na 1985) tare da haɗuwa da Cibiyar Kula da Ka'idojin Bangladesh da Laboratories na Tsakiya a 1985. Cibiyar tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen bunkasa da inganta daidaitattun masana'antu a duk faɗin ƙasar. BSTI tana karkashin jagorancin Darakta Janar.