'Glasnost'means-
ABM- Anti-Ballistic Missile
ACC - Asian Cricket Council.
ACD- Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
AFC- Asian Football Confederation.
AI- Amnesty International.
AIDS- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIT- Asian Institute of Technology
AME- Arab Monetary Fund
APEC- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
AESM- Asia Europe Summit Meeting.
B Pharm- Bachelor of Pharmacy.
BCCI- Board of Control for Cricket in India.
BIS- Bank for International Settlements
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency.
CID- Criminal Investigation Department.
CNN- Cable News Network.
CSE- Certificate of Secondary Education.
D.Lit- Doctor of Literature.
DV- Diversity Visa
ECG- Electro Cardio Gram
FM- Frequency Modulation.
GMT- Greenwich Mean Time.
HDC- Human Development Centre.
HDI- Human Development Index.
HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
IBA- Institute of Business Administration.
ICC- International Conference Center.
ICC- International Chamber of Commerce.
ICC- International Cricket Council.
ICC- International Criminal Court.
ICDDRB- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research Bangladesh.
ICI- Imperial Chemical Industries.
ICJ- International Court of Justice.
IJC- International Jute Corporation.
IIT- Islamic Institute of Technology.
ILO- International Labour Organization.
IMO- International Maritime Organization.
IMO- International Mathematical Olympiad.
IMO- International Meteorological Organization
IPO- International Police Organization.
IOC- International Olympic Committee
IOJ- International Organization of Journalists
IPUC- International Parliamentary Union Conference.
IRRI- International Rice Research Institute.
ISI- Inter-Services Intelligence.
ITU- International Telecommunication Union
JP- Justice of the Peace.
LLB- Bachelor of Law.
LMG- Light Machine Gun
MA- Master of Arts
MBBS- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
MP- Member of Parliament.
M. Phar- Master of Pharmacy.
MSC- Master of Science.
NDI- National Democratic Institute
NP- Notary Public
PC- Personal Computer.
PHD- Doctor of Philosophy
PM- Prime Minister
PNC- Palestine National Council
PTO- Please Turn Over
RA - Royal Academy
RAW- Research and Analysis Wing
RMS- Railway Mail Service
SDI- Strategic Defence Initiative
SEATO- South East Asian Treaty Organization
SIM- Subscriber Identity Module
SIS - Secret Intelligence Service
SMS- Short Message Service
TI- Transparency International
TTE- Traveling Ticket Examiner
UK- United Kingdom
USA- United States of America
USSR- Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.
VAT- Value Added Tax.
VHF- Very High Frequency
VIP- Very Important Person
WB- World Bank
WFC- World Food Council
WFP- World Food Programme
WTC- World Trade Centre
X-mas- Christmas