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Khulna's economy is mainly marine, sea port and local industry based and it is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross regional domestic product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. Khulna is on the Rupsha and Bhairab River, a strategic industrial point in southwestern Bangladesh. It is also an ...
Union councils of Khulna District (Bengali: খুলনা জেলার ইউনিয়ন পরিষদসমূহ) are the smallest rural administrative and local government units in Khulna District of Bangladesh. [1] There are 9 upazilas in Khulna district with 67 Union councils. The list are below:
A district council (or zila parishad) is a local government body at the district level. [4] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council. The functions of a district council include the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.
The 1988 Local Government (Zila Parishad) Act provided for zila parishads constituted with a mixture of representative members and appointed members. [2] Half of the members of a zila parishad were elected (the Members of Parliament for the district and the chairman of Union Parishads and town Committees in the district).
Rashid was elected from Khulna-1 in 1986 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League. [2] He was reelected in 1996 from Khulna-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League. [3] He is the chairman of the Khulna Zilla Parishad. [4]
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Khulna was a Hindu-majority part of Bangladesh before Partition, mainly lower-caste, but during the massive riots in the 1950s and 1960s most of the Hindus there fled to India. The population of Hindus has remained constant since 1981, but their percentages have fallen massively. Christians mainly live in Khulna city and Dacope upazilas.
Jessore District officially Jashore District [3] [4] [5] (Bengali: যশোর জেলা; Bengali pronunciation: [Jaw-shor Jela]), is a district in southwestern Bangladesh.It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna and Satkhira districts to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah and Magura districts to the north.