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Bangladesh National Portal is a national portal of the People's Republic of Bangladesh under Access to Information programme [1] run by the Prime Minister's Office of Bangladesh. [2] The information portal aims to provide information about all national unions, upazilas, districts and divisions of the country. It was launched on 7 March 2015 as ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. 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 First issued 22 July 2006 (2006-07-22) Purpose Electronic ...
Each tehsil is governed by a Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), which is focussed around a tehsil/taluka council. The head of each tehsil is a Tehsil/Taluka Nazim, assisted by a tehsil/taluka municipal officer (TMO) and a number of other officials, all of whom are answerable to the tehsil/taluka council. [1]
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).
In 2001, the government of Bangladesh started Birth and Death Registration Project with support from UNICEF. The project was placed under the Local Government Division. The Birth and Death Registration Act 1873 and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 were repealed. A new Birth and Death Registration Act was passed in 2004.
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.
This article is part of a series on the Politics of Bangladesh Constitution Amendments Law of Bangladesh Bangladesh Code Penal Code Human rights Article 70 Judicial review Government President: Mohammed Shahabuddin Chief Adviser: Muhammad Yunus Cabinet: Yunus (interim) Taxation Agencies Civil Service Local governments Parliament Speaker: Vacant Leader of the House: Vacant Leader of the ...