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In 1959, under Ayub Khan's rule, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) underwent a division into four-tiered electoral units in the rural areas. From bottom to top, these units comprised the Union Council, Thana Council, District Council, and Divisional Council. A Thana Council comprised both elected representatives and official members.
Fatullah Thana and Siddhirganj Thana 208 Narayanganj-5: Sadar Upazilla part and Bandar Upazilla: 209 Rajbari-1: Rajbari Sadar Thana and Goalondo Thana 210 Rajbari-2: Baliakandi Thana and Pangsha Thana 211 Faridpur-1: 212 Faridpur-2: 213 Faridpur-3: 214 Faridpur-4: 215 Gopalganj-1: 216 Gopalganj-2: 217 Gopalganj-3: 218 Madaripur-1: 219 Madaripur ...
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).
Mugda (Bengali: মুগদা, romanized: Mugdā) or Mugdapara (মুগদাপাড়া, Mugdāpāṛā) is a thana (city district) in Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh. The thana is encompassed by wards 5, 6, and 7, [1] [2] home to Kamalapur Stadium, and situated close to Kamalapur railway station and Motijheel. [3] [4]
Lalmonirhat emerged as a district from mahakuma by the inauguration of then gender and social welfare minister of Bangladesh government Dr. Shafia Khatun on 1 February 1984. After that Lalmonirhat sadar thana was established as a upazila on 18 March 1984.
Paltan is a thana (precinct) of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. [4] It is often said to be the center of Dhaka, dividing "Old Dhaka" and "New Dhaka". Paltan was made a thana in 2005 by then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. Paltan Thana was formed on 27 June 2005 comprising part of Motijheel thana. [5]
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chittagong port had a population of 187,739, of whom 100,373 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 57.22% of the population, and females 42.78%. Chittagong port had an average literacy rate of 56.5% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. [5]