Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts,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 and union councils . The diagram below outlines the five tiers of government in Bangladesh.
An upazila,formerly called thana,is an administrative division in Bangladesh,functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into union council areas.
Abdul Malek Ukil was the President of Bangladesh Awami League,Speaker of Parliament,Home Minister,Health Minister,a member of Parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League.
Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Abdul Karim Khandker,Bir Uttom is a former planning minister of the Government of Bangladesh. He is a retired diplomat and was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War,He was also the first Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh) get the appointment immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972.
Anwarul Iqbal was an adviser of 2007–2009 interim caretaker government of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Local Government and Rural Development Minister &Labour Minister of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 17 January 2007 and remained in that post until elections were held two years later. Later he was given the charge of the Jute &Textile Ministry. He had the responsibility to head three ministries of the government of Bangladesh. He served as the 25th Inspector General of Bangladesh police. He went into voluntary retirement from the IGP post after he had been made officer on special duty and within few days he took charge as the adviser of the caretaker government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed during the state of emergency in Bangladesh which was declared on 11 January 2007.
There are 8 divisions and 64 districts in Bangladesh,each district further subdivided into upazila. The area within each subdistrict,except for those in metropolitan areas,is divided into several unions,with each union consisting of multiple villages. Direct elections are held for each union,electing a chairperson and a number of members. In 1997,a parliamentary act was passed to reserve three seats in every union for female candidates. Following elections in the 2014–16 period,25.2% of councillors were women,up from 23.4% in the 2011–13 period.
Titas is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong,Bangladesh. It has a rich heritage of culture and tradition. This upazilla was formerly under Daudkandi upazilla. In 2005,it has been made a entirely new upazilla.
Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri was a Bangladeshi economist who served as the fourth governor of Bangladesh Bank,the central bank of Bangladesh during 1987–1992,and was also the advisor of the first caretaker government of Bangladesh in 1996.
Shantiganj,formerly known as South Sunamganj or Dakshin Sunamganj,is an upazila of the Sunamganj District in Sylhet Division,Bangladesh.
Khondakar is an aristocratic Bengali Muslim surname found in Bangladesh and neighbouring East Indian regions.
Abu Sharaf Hizbul Qader Sadek was a Bangladesh Awami League politician,who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-6 constituency,and a former Education Minister of Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Administrative Service (BAS) is the premier civil service cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service,and which formulates and executes the policies of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh of which it is an inseparable part.
Kazi Anwarul Haque (also spelled Huque) was a Bangladeshi police officer,bureaucrat,and technocrat minister.
Ahmad Kaikaus is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant who is currently alternative Executive Director of World Bank. He served as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
K M Ali Azam is the senior secretary of Ministry of Public Administration. He is the former secretary of Ministry of Industries and a director of British American Tobacco Bangladesh.
Kabir Bin Anwar is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant. He was the 23rd Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh Government,serving for a short period of time from 15 December 2022 until he went to post-retirement vacation 3 January 2023. Prior to that,he was Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources. Anwar is the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services. He is the President of Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. He is the chairperson of non-profit Issabela foundation,named after his mother. He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Awami League's Election Administration Committee on 5 January 2023.
Abdul Malek is the Chief Information Commissioner,former secretary of the Ministry of Information and commissioner of Information Commission. He was born in Patuakhali district of Bangladesh. He was the secretary of the Local Government Division. He is a former chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority.
Begum Kamrun Nahar is a former Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She was the first woman in Bangladesh to become Principal Information Officer. She is a former Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
Md. Mahbub Hossain is a Bangladesh civil servant and incumbent Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. Prior to this position,he was Senior Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power,Energy and Mineral Resources. He also served as the chairperson of Titas Gas and Gas Transmission Company Limited. He is the chairman of Omera LPG as nominee of MJL Bangladesh Limited. He is a director of Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited.
Khandker Golam Faruq is a Bangladeshi police officer and an Additional Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police. He is the 35th Commissioner of DMP. Prior to join here,he was the 13th Rector of Police Staff College Bangladesh. Before that he served as Principal of Bangladesh Police Academy,Sardah,Rajshahi. He is a former Deputy Inspector General of Chittagong Range of Bangladesh Police.
