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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]
Divisional Commissioner is appointed by the government from an Additional Secretary level officer of Bangladesh Civil Service (B.C.S.) Administration Cadre. The role of a Divisional Commissioner's office is to act as the supervisory head of all the government offices (except the central government offices) situated in the division.
The Deputy Commissioner is appointed by the government from a Joint secretary of the B.C.S. Administration Cadre. But Zila Parishad has a different setup from the DC office. Currently, the Chairman of each District Council is an appointee from the Central Government. An officer ranked Deputy Secretary works as the Chief Executive of the council.
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).
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).
Rangpur District: 19 Rangpur-1: Gangachhara Upazila and Wards 1-8 of Rangpur City Corporation: 20 Rangpur-2: Badarganj Upazila and Taraganj Upazila: 21 Rangpur-3: Rangpur Sadar Upazila and Wards 9-33 of Rangpur City Corporation: 22 Rangpur-4: Kaunia Upazila and Pirgachha Upazila: 23 Rangpur-5: Mithapukur Upazila: 24 Rangpur-6: Pirganj Upazila ...
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Term of office Political party Ministry Head of government From To Period Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives 1 Abdus Salam Talukder (1936–1999) MP for Jamalpur-4: 20 March 1991 30 March 1996 5 years, 10 days: Bangladesh Nationalist Party: Khaleda I: Khaleda Zia: C1 Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932–2003) Adviser: 31 ...