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Rashid was elected from Khulna-1 in 1986 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League. [2] He was reelected in 1996 from Khulna-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League. [3] He is the chairman of the Khulna Zilla Parishad. [4]
Union councils of Khulna District (Bengali: খুলনা জেলার ইউনিয়ন পরিষদসমূহ) are the smallest rural administrative and local government units in Khulna District of Bangladesh. [1] There are 9 upazilas in Khulna district with 67 Union councils. The list are below:
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).
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Khulna's economy is mainly marine, sea port and local industry based and it is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross regional domestic product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. Khulna is on the Rupsha and Bhairab River, a strategic industrial point in southwestern Bangladesh. It is also an ...
Khulna was a Hindu-majority part of Bangladesh before Partition, mainly lower-caste, but during the massive riots in the 1950s and 1960s most of the Hindus there fled to India. The population of Hindus has remained constant since 1981, but their percentages have fallen massively. Christians mainly live in Khulna city and Dacope upazilas.
Khulna Division (Bengali: খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km 2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns).