This study is based on secondary data and information mostly downloaded from internet. The information materials from internet include research papers, reports, workshop outputs, and information published in the websites of the related organizations. The information on the applications of GIS and RS in natural resource management were collected, sorted, compiled, and presented in this study. GIS/RS applications in meteorology, climate change, disaster management, urban planning, health and transport are also included. The history of remote sensing technology in Bangladesh dates back to 1968 when the first Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) station was set up on the premises of the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, for receiving real time weather pictures directly from meteorological satellites. The Space and Atmospheric Research Centre (SARC) was created at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission in 1972 and APT ground station was absorbed within SARC. With NASA’s launch of the Earth Resource Technology Satellite (ERTS-1), Bangladesh took up the ERTS Program in 1973. The Bangladesh ERTS Program was one of 35 Principal Investigator Programs worldwide. Subsequently ERTS was renamed as Bangladesh Landsat Program (BLP). A major activity of BLP included the generation of the first land cover map of the entire country using Landsat MSS data of 1979. During this period, GMS and NOAA ground receiving stations were installed. The Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) was established in 1980 by merging SARC and BLP. Between 1980 and 1983, a LANDSAT/SPOT ground receiving station along with a VIPS digital image processing system was set up under French support. In 1983, under the UN/ESCAP Regional Remote Sensing Program, SPARRSO became the national focal point for space and remote sensing activities in Bangladesh. SPARRSO acquired complete digital image processing system including the necessary hardware and software. Scientists and engineers were trained in hardware, software maintenance and image processing techniques. Major Fields and Areas of GIS/RS Applications in Bangladesh are: Land use planning, land inventories, land survey, land use and land cover mapping; Agricultural planning and management, National Agro-Ecological Zone (AEZ) database, soil resources database, soil survey, soil data analysis, characterization of soil, soil erosion assessment and prediction, climate change impact on agriculture; Planning and management, forest inventory, afforestation, climate change impact on forests; Water resources management, watershed analysis, fisheries resources development planning, river bank erosion and accretion, monitoring morphological changes and hydrology of rivers, navigation and dredging, construction and maintenance of embankments, flood forecasting and management, water pollution; Management and development planning, land erosion, construction and maintenance of embankments, salinity, water logging, shrimp culture, marine fisheries, Sundarban mangrove forest, coastal afforestation, sea level rise; Habitat and ecosystem, wetlands, wildlife, protected areas, National parks and World heritage sites, ecotourism development; Monitoring and recording of weather data - rainfall, temperature, humidity, etc.; weather forecasting and warning; Monitoring, modelling and management of land degradation; weather and climate modelling, prediction and forecasting; river and coastal erosion modelling; flood management; Climate change studies/research, climate change impact assessment, vulnerability assessment, adaptation to climate change; Disaster management, disaster forecasting, disaster risk management, cyclone recovery and restoration, cyclone shelter management, assessment and monitoring of damage, flood risk and vulnerability assessment; Spatial distribution of different diseases in relation to environmental factors – dengue, malaria and diarrhoea diseases, arsenic contamination in drinking water, GIS mapping of anthrax and avian influenza outbreaks; Demographic studies and development analysis, population census, demographic database; Planning and management, rural road development, road network mapping; Development of plans, maintenance, management; infrastructure development programme, land registration and GIS maps of urban areas, cities and municipalities, infrastructure development planning, industrial development planning.