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  2. Districts of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]

  3. District councils of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. Zila (country subdivision) - Wikipedia

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    The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]

  5. Local government in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    District Council (or Zila Parishad) is a local government body at the district level. [6] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council. The Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") is the executive head of the district.

  6. Administrative geography of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although, these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).

  7. List of newspapers in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the official government-owned news agency of Bangladesh, was created on 1 January 1972 from the Dhaka bureau of the state-owned. Abul Kalam Azad , who was formerly Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 's press secretary, became its chief editor in 2014. [ 31 ]

  8. List of zilla schools of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Faridpur Zilla School. Zilla Schools are some of the oldest secondary schools in Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), established during the British Raj. In Bangladesh, there are 15 Zilla Schools. Of these, 13 were established during the British era, with the exceptions of Kushtia Zilla School (1961) and Barguna Zilla School (1970).

  9. Bhola District - Wikipedia

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    Bhola District (Bengali: ভোলা) is an administrative district (zila) in south-central Bangladesh, which includes Bhola Island, the largest island of Bangladesh.It is located in the Barisal Division and has an area of 3,403.48 km 2. [3]