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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.
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).
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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.
Anti Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture, a statue in the Dhaka University campus, erected in the memory of Raju, an activist of Students' Union. Bangladesh Students' Union (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ছাত্র ইউনিয়ন, romanized: Bangladesh Chhatra Union, abbreviated as BSU), is a leading left-wing student organization in Bangladesh.
The Welcome Square of Moulvibazar District beside Dhaka-Sylhet highway Jiladpur Mosque in Ashidron Union, Srimangal The Keramat Ali Jame Mosque was established by politician and businessman Md. Keramat Ali. [16] Moulvibazar is made up of 7 subdivisions or upazilas. They are: Moulvibazar Sadar; Kamalganj; Kulaura; Rajnagar; Sreemangal
Union council (Bengali: ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, romanized: iuniẏana pariṣada), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, [1] with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authorities and upazila parishads (sub-district council) being the ...
The district was later ceded to the British. The Chittagong Hill Tracts were separated from Chittagong in 1860. In 1947, Chittagong came under Pakistan and became part a district of East Pakistan. Port of Chittagong was a big spot for exports and imports of Pakistan. After the liberation of Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar District was separated in 1984 ...