Consequent upon a government decision taken on 16 December 1987, the Foreign Service Training Institute was abolished and merged with this Academy. For about nine years since then training was imparted to the yound officers of Foreign Service at the BCS Administration Academy. Subsequently a separate Foreign Service Training Institute was set up on 1 January 1997. Presently, the Academy is responsible for the basic training in Law and Administration for the officers of Administration Cadre only. Besides, the Academy organises in each training year a number of workshops and seminars on management and legal issues.
Emphasis is laid on applied training methods in all programmes.
The Academy is located at Shahbag, a central place of Dhaka Metropolitan City. In an area of 2.35 acres, the Academy has a five-stored main building, residential flats and a small play ground. A new 15 storied multi-purpose building is being constructed at the premises. Moreover, construction of residential flats for officers and staff of the Academy is going on in a plot 0.66 acre of land at Nilkhet. A Director General is an overall charge of the Academy.