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Gazipur
Gazipur () is a city in central Bangladesh. Located in Gazipur District in Dhaka Division, it is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh, with 75% of all garment industries situated there. It is also part of Greater Dhaka. Since 2013, Gazipur has been governed by the Gazipur City Corporation, making it one of eleven cities of Bangladesh that are administered by a city corporation. Geography Mirzapur Union is situated in the north of the city, in the south Dhaka North City Corporation and Savar Yarpur Union. On the east side, there is Baria Union, Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur and Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur. Mouchak and Maddhapara union of Kaliakair Upazila, and Shimulia and Damshona of Savar are at the west. Demographics As of 2022 census results, Gazipur City Corporation had 836,875 households and a population of 2,677,715. 15.00% of the population was under 10 years of age. Gazipur had a literacy rate of 83.57% ...
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Gazipur District
Gazipur District () is a district in central Bangladesh, that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1806.36 km2. 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. Gazipur is home to the Bishwa Ijtema (lit. “world congregation”), the second-largest annual Muslim gathering in the world with over 5 million attendees. The district is home to numerous universities, colleges, the Gazipur Safari Park, Bhawal National Park as well as the country's only business park - the Hi-Tech City, Kaliakoir. History The ancient city of Dholsamudra in present-day Gazipur served as one of the capitals of the Buddhist Pala Empire. In the sixth century, forts were built in Toke and Ekdala which continued to be used as late as the Mughal Period. The area became known as a strategic region with the establishment of more forts such as that of Karnapur, the digging of the T ...
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Gazipur City Corporation
Gazipur City Corporation (, abbreviated as GCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the city of Gazipur, Bangladesh. The GCC administration is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 76 councillors. It follows and derives most of its powers from it. Gazipur City Corporation was established in 2013, it is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 2,674,697 people in the city corporation area. As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters. Services The Gazipur City Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city. Annual Budget Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) has announced a budget of for 2024-25 fiscal year. Ward and councillor list List of officeholders ;''Status'' Elections Election Result 2023 Election Resu ...
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Mayor Of Gazipur
The mayor of Gazipur City is the highest ranking official of the Gazipur City Corporation in Bangladesh. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Gazipur City. The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 57 wards of Gazipur City. List of officeholders ;''Political parties'' * * * ;''Status'' Elections Election Result 2023 Election Result 2018 Election Result 2013 References {{Reflist Gazipur Mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ... ...
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Gazipur Metropolitan Police
Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) is the chief law enforcement agency in Gazipur, Bangladesh. It was established in 2018 under the ''Gazipur Metropolitan Police Ordinance'' approved by the government of Bangladesh. Nazmul Karim Khan is the Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police. Mohammad Jihadul Islam is the deputy commissioner. History The government of Bangladesh announced plans to establish Gazipur Metropolitan Police and Rangpur Metropolitan Police in December 2015 at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In November 2017, the Cabinet of Bangladesh approved Gazipur and Rangpur Metropolitan Police drafts. A woman, Yasmin Begum, died in the custody of the Detective Branch The Detective Branch (; abbreviated as DB) is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police. It mostly deals with investigative activities and special operations in sensitive cases and places. The main task of the detectives of this unit is to colle ... of Gazipur Metropolitan Pol ...
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Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur
Kaliganj () is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Kaliganj is located at . It has 57,770 households and total area 214.63 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kaliganj Upazila had 57,770 households and a population of 265,276. 55,425 (20.89%) were under 10 years of age. Kaliganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.81%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males. 45,430 (17.13%) lived in urban areas. Kaliganj is the most religiously diverse upazila in Gazipur district. The Christian community consists of Bhawal Catholics converted by the Portuguese in the 17th century. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliganj has a population of 175915. Males constitute 93.86% of the population, and females 87.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87404. Kaliganj has an average literacy rate of 90.6% (7+ years), and the national a ...
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Gazipur Development Authority
Gazipur Development Authority () is a Bangladesh government agency under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works responsible for the development of Gazipur city in central Bangladesh. History The Cabinet of Bangladesh led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the creation of Gazipur Development Authority to plan the development and expansion of Gazipur City in October 2019. On 8 September 2020, Bangladesh parliament passed the Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha Bill, 2020 which established the Gazipur Development Authority. The bill was placed by Sharif Ahmed, State Minister for Housing and Public Works. There is some jurisdictional overlap with the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha. The opposition Jatiya Party questioned the need of the authority, suggesting it would be a waste of public money and that the relationship between the authority and the Gazipur City Corporation Gazipur City Corporation (, abbreviated as GCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services i ...
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Dhaka University Of Engineering & Technology
Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur (), commonly known as DUET, formerly BIT Dhaka, is a public engineering and technological research university in Gazipur, Bangladesh, which focuses on the study of engineering and architecture. It is one of the top PhD granting research universities of Bangladesh. The university requires diploma engineers candidates, graduated from polytechnic institutes or technical schools affiliated by the Bangladesh Technical Education Board for under-graduation enrollment. Most of the existing 16 departments under 4 faculties offer both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) programs. Apart from the faculties, there are also three institutes that offer postgraduate degrees and emphasize research. About a total of 3,500+ students are currently pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The current per year intake of undergraduate students is around 800, and graduate students in Masters and P ...
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Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur
Sreepur Upazila also spelled Shreepur Upazila () is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division, Dhaka Division. Geography Sreepur is located at . It has 122,872 households and total area 462.94 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sreepur Upazila had 122,872 households and a population of 492,792. 103,330 (20.97%) were under 10 years of age. Sreepur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 54.76%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 961 females per 1000 males. 126,249 (25.62%) lived in urban areas. At the 1991 census Bangladesh census, Sreepur had a population of 320,530, of which 166,988 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.13% of the population, and females 48.87%. Sreepur had an average literacy rate of 30.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. Administration Sreepur Upazila is divided into Sreepur Municipality and eight u ...
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List Of Constituencies Of The Jatiya Sangsad
This is a list of 300 parliamentary constituencies currently represented in the Jatiya Sangsad, the unicameral national legislature of Bangladesh. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament. The Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh consists of 350 seats, of which 50 seats are reserved for women, who are elected by the 300 directly elected members on the basis of procedure of proportional representation in the Parliament through single transferable vote. The Bangladesh Election Commission is made responsible to "delimit the constituencies for the purpose of elections to Parliament" by the Constitution of Bangladesh (chapter VII, article 119). It also says, "There shall be one electoral roll for each constituency for the purposes of elections to Parliament, and no special electoral roll shall be prepared so as to classify electors according to religion, race caste or sex" (article 121). The current list, published by the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2018 as p ...
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List Of Cities And Towns In Bangladesh
This article presents a list of cities and towns in Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives of Bangladesh, there are 532 Urban area, urban centres in Bangladesh. The bureau defines an urban centre with a population of 100,000 or more as a "city". Altogether, there are 43 such cities in Bangladesh. 12 of these cities can be considered major cities as these are governed by List of City Corporations of Bangladesh, City Corporations. All of the City Corporation-governed cities currently have a population of more than 200,000, which is not a criterion for the status, because currently 17 cities in Bangladesh have a population of more than 200,000. Besides the 9 major cities, there are 32 other cities in Bangladesh that are not governed by "City Corporations", rather by "Municipal Corporations". A city with a population of more than 10,000,000 is defined by the bureau as a megacity. Dhaka i ...
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Dhaka Division
Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20,508.8 km2 with a population in excess of 44 million, it is one of the fastest growing populous administrative divisions of the world, growing at a rate of 1.94% since prior count, compared with the national average of 1.22%. However, national figures may include data skewing expatriation of male labor force as gender ratio is skewed towards females. Dhaka Division borders every other division in the country except Rangpur Division. It is bounded by Mymensingh Division to the north, Barisal Division to the south, Chittagong Division to the east and south-east, Sylhet Division to the north-east, and Rajshahi Division to the west and Khulna Divisions to the south-west. Etymology The origins of the name Dhaka are uncertain. It may deri ...
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Greater Dhaka
Greater Dhaka (''Bengali'': বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban centre but also due to massive internal displacement from millions of people living in a perennially flood-prone river delta. Definition The area of Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area was 1,353 square kilometers, of which Dhaka City Corporation occupied 276 square kilometers at the 2001 census. The Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area (SMA) covers the Dhaka Municipal Corporation area and Savar Upazila and Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka District (note: only a portion of the district is part of the metropolitan area), Narayanganj Sadar Upazila, Bandar Upazila and Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj District, Gazipur Sadar Upazila and Kaliakair Upazila of Gazipur District ...
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