Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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).
'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). In rural areas, the thana system, originating in the 18th century under British rule , served as a sub-district administration, overseen by a Thana ...
There are 330 such municipal corporations in eight divisions of Bangladesh. A municipal corporation serving a town may be called a town council , and a municipal corporation serving a city is styled a city council ; these bodies are divided into wards, which are further divided into mauzas and mahallas .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. National identity card of Bangladesh National Identity Card (Bangladesh) Front of paper specimen card Reverse of paper specimen card Type Identity card Issued by National Identity Registration Wing (NIDW), Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh) First issued 22 July 2006 (2006-07-22 ...
In Bangladesh, Municipal Councils or Town Municipalities or Paurasabha or Municipality is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more than. The members of the Paurasabha are elected representatives for a term of five years. [ 2 ]
Gazipur (Bengali: গাজীপুর) is a district in central Bangladesh, that is part of the Dhaka Division.It has an area of 1806.36 km 2. [1] [3] It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre of battles and movements throughout history.
In Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, a tehsildar, talukdar, or mamlatdar is a land revenue officer accompanied by revenue inspectors. They are in charge of obtaining taxes from a tehsil with regard to land revenue. A tehsildar is also known as an executive magistrate of the relevant tehsil.