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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 ).
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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).
This system was reverted to the thana system in 1992. Later in 1999 geographic regions under administrations of thanas were converted into upazilas. [5] All administrative terms in this level were renamed from thana to upazila. For instance, thana nirbahi officer (lit. thana executive officer) was renamed upazila nirbahi officer (lit.
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 ...
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]
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division.In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.
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]