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A thana (Bengali: থানা, romanized: thânâ, lit. 'police station') serves as a fundamental administrative unit in Bangladesh, [ 1 ] functioning as a city district governed by a police station (analogous to a police district or a police precinct ).
Upazilas were formerly known as thana, which literally means police station. Despite the meaning, thanas functioned much as an administrative and geographic region, much as today's upazilas. In 1982 thanas were re-termed to as upazilas with provisions for semi-autonomous local governance. This system was reverted to the thana system in 1992.
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).
Gulshan (Bengali: গুলশান, romanized: Gulaśāna) is a thana situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [7] It is an affluent residential and business neighbourhood [8] [9] and is now home to a number of the city's restaurants, five star hotels, [10] shopping centers, schools, banks, offices and members' clubs; it also hosts the majority of embassies and high commissions in Bangladesh. [11]
This is a list of villages in Bangladesh. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some villages in Bangladesh may be covered in thickets of trees, including bamboo, coconut, date palm, betel nut, mango and jackfruit. [1]
Bandar was established as a thana in 1964. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a mass killing was conducted in Sirajdoullah Club playground leading to the death of 54 people on 4 April. On 22 November, a brawl took place between the Pakistan Army and the Bengali freedom fighters at the banks of the Shitalakshya in Dhamgar.
Badda Thana is located near the north-eastern part of Dhaka, at It extends on both sides of Rampura Road and Progoti Avenue. [4] Covering a total area of 36.84 km 2 (14.22 sq mi), the thana shares its borders with Khilkhet Thana to the north, Khilgaon Thana to the south, Rupganj Upazila to the east, and Gulshan, Cantonment, and Rampura thanas to the west, as of 2012.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nabinagar Upazila had 94,871 households and a population of 493,518. 148,870 (30.17%) were under 10 years of age.Nabinagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.64%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1144 females per 1000 males. 53,157 (10.77%) lived in urban areas.