Agricultural Extension can offer a sustainable exit from overwhelming poverty in many developing
countries. With the aim of assessment of public and private extension services in Bangladesh, this study
purposefully considers nine organizations three from each public, private and non-government origin. This
study used qualitative methods like focus group discussion, key informant interviews, informal interviews,
relevant literature review, etc., for collecting data. Strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)
analysis was also conducted to see the SWOTs of different extension services. The findings of this study
mirrored that agricultural knowledge and information system (AKIS) in Bangladesh is composed of public
sector, private sector, NGOs, community based organizations, and voluntary farmers. Although private and
NGO sources progressively occupying space in farmer choice list, public extension service is still playing the
pivotal role in offering agricultural extension service in Bangladesh. All kinds of extension services play a
significant role in the extension system of Bangladesh, however they differ significantly based on client access,
geographical coverage, institutional capacity, motive, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of extension
work. Finally, the findings of the study established the fact that the presence of variety of extension services puts
Bangladesh in a favorable position to establish a pluralistic extension network.