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Local Government Division
Local Government Division () is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives responsible for the development and supporting local government bodies. Mohammod Ibrahim is the secretary in charge of division. History In 2006, Transparency International Bangladesh stated in a report that the Local Government Division and Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives was the most corrupt in Bangladesh. The report stated that more than 2 billion taka were misappropriated in the ministry. M Zahirul Islam, then Secretary of the Local Government Division rejected the report and said that the Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, was a honest individual. Local Government Division is the lead agency in Local Government Initiatives on Climate change, a project of the United Nations Development Programme and in partnership with United Nations Capital Develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Seal Of Bangladesh
The Government Seal of Bangladesh () is the Seal (emblem), official seal of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is used by the Government of Bangladesh in official documents including passports. Design of the seal The seal features the same design elements as the first flag of Bangladesh in a circular setting. The outer white ring is shown with the caption of the official name of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () with four red 5-pointed stars, symbolising Bengali nationalism, nationalism, Socialism in Bangladesh, socialism, Democracy in Bangladesh, democracy, Secularism in Bangladesh, secularism, the four key principles of the Republic enshrined in the Constitution of Bangladesh, Constitution. In the center is the country map on a red disc. History of the seal The seal was adopted as the temporary National Emblem of Bangladesh by the Provisional Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh popularly known as the ''Mujibnagar Government'', whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Amphan
Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan ( ) was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit India since 1999. It was a rare cyclone that lashed northern Bangladesh from Rajshahi to Rangpur, Bangladesh, Rangpur in the early hours of 21 May with strong winds. It caused severe damage to mango production of Rajshahi and Rangpur, Bangladesh, Rangpur. It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal and Kolkata since 2015 as well as being one of the strongest storms to impact the area. Causing over US$15 billion of damage, Amphan is also the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean, surpassing the record held by Cyclone Nargis, Nargis of 2008. The first tropical cyclone of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Ampha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Establishments In Bangladesh
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajshahi WASA
Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, commonly known as Rajshahi WASA or RWASA () is a Bangladesh government service agency under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives responsible for providing water and sewerage facilities to residents of Rajshahi. History The first water supply system in Rajshahi was installed in 1937 under the municipality corporation management. Rajshahi WASA started operations on 10 March 2011. The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement with China to finance the building of a surface water purification plant for Rajshahi WASA in 2014. The project was significantly delayed and the government identified it as a priority for 2018. In October 2018, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved 40.65 billion taka for the construction of a water purifying plant that will have a 200 million liter of water per day. The government sought a loan of US$276 million from China to build the plant for W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna WASA
Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority or KWASA (Generally known as Khulna WASA) is a government-owned water supplier organization. It is a parallel organization of Khulna City Corporation. History Water supply system was first installed in Khulna in 1921. That time, they supplied 900 cubic metres of water per day. In 1960, Khulna Water Supply Authority started to supply water by production tubewell. Then Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority was established in 2008. It is independent of Khulna City Corporation. Services Khulna WASA serves residents of the city by supplying pure water from Bangabandhu Water Treatment Plant of Rupsha. Khulna WASA also sells bottle water labeled by Sundarban Pure Drinking Water from the Bottle Water Plant situated in Rayer Mahal of Khulna city. Projects Khulna WASA is set-upping sewerage network throughout the Khulna city under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project. Two several Sewage treatment plant Sewage treatment i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattogram WASA
Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority or, abbreviated as Chattogram WASA () is a Bangladesh government service agency under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives responsible for providing water and sewerage facilities to residents of Chattogram. A.K.M. Fazlullah is the managing director of Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority. History Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority was established in 1963. In 1996, through the passage of Water and Sewerage Authority Act, the authority was reformed and renamed to Water and Sewerage Authority. Through it is mandated to provide sewage and water supply to Chittagong City, it currently only provides water while sewage services are provided by Chittagong City Corporation. In 2019, WASA was losing 90 million taka per year in revenue due to illegal extraction of water. Chattogram WASA opened a call center in March 2019 for its customers. On 2 April 2019, the Chattogram WASA announced plans to install ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka WASA
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority () is a Bangladesh government agency under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives responsible for water and sewage disposal in Dhaka and Narayanganj. Md Shahjahan Miah is the Managing Director since May 18th 2025. History Dhaka WASA was established in 1963 as an independent agency with the responsibility to supply water and sewage disposal to Dhaka. It also became responsible of water and sewage Narayanganj Narayanganj () is a city in central Bangladesh in the Greater Dhaka area. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka. With a population of almost 1 million, it is the 6th largest city in Bangladesh. It is als ... in 1990. In 1996, it became an autonomous for-profit body with the passage of WASA Act. On 16 March 2019, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Estimate recommended that the government of Bangladesh split Dhaka WASA into two different bodies along North and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Public Health Engineering
Department of Public Health Engineering is a government agency responsible for providing and maintaining water and sewage lines in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka. The Department was headed by Chief Engineer and Engineer Tushar Mohan Sadhu Kha is the present Chief Engineer of the Department. History The Department of Public Health Engineering was established in 1936 in East Bengal, British Raj. It is responsible for water and sewage lines in Bangladesh excluding the cities of Dhaka, Narayanganj and Chittagong which are managed by Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Since 1993 the department has been responsible for monitoring arsenic Arsenic is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol As and atomic number 33. It is a metalloid and one of the pnictogens, and therefore shares many properties with its group 15 neighbors phosphorus and antimony. Arsenic is not ... in drinking water. The department is responsible for drilling drinking wells in rural areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of City Corporations Of Bangladesh
City Corporation is a local governing body that manages all civic services in metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. The city corporation government is elected by popular vote every five years. Each city corporation is headed by a mayor, who presides over the councillors. The City Corporations operates under the provisions of . There are 13 city corporations in Bangladesh. Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 8 divisional cities, with 4 others. They perform a variety of socio-economic and civic functions. List of city mayors List of City Corporations City council A City Council is the governing body of a city corporations, which makes laws, policies, decisions affecting the local community and conducts all civic services. It is usually made up of elected ward representatives, often called councillors. It is headed by a mayor, who presides councillors. Gallery File:নগর ভবন Nagar Bhaban.jpg, DSCC File:City corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upazila Parishad
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), 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 (union parishads). Bangladesh has 495 upazilas. The upazilas are the second lowest tier of regional administration in Bangladesh. The administrative structure consists of divisions (8), districts (64), upazilas (495) and union parishads (UPs). This system of devolution was introduced by the former military ruler and president of Bangladesh, Lt-Gen Hossain Muhammad Ershad, in an attempt to strengthen local government. Below UPs, villages (''gram'') and ''para'' exist, but these have no administrative power and elected members. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignating and upgrading the existing ''thanas'' as ''upazilas''. History Upazilas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Councils Of Bangladesh
A district council or ''zila parishad'', or ''zilla parishad'' is a local government body at the district level in Bangladesh. The Bengali word ''parishad'' means council and ''zila parishad'' translates to ''district council''. History The 1988 Local Government (Zila Parishad) Act provided for zila parishads constituted with a mixture of representative members and appointed members. 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). The government appointed the remaining half. Constitution The Constitution of Bangladesh states that local government bodies will consist of elected representatives but this has rarely been the case in history. Administrative structure The deputy commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") of the district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
