Rajshahi Development Authority () is a

Bangladesh government The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the le ...

development authority under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works responsible for the development of

Rajshahi Rajshahi (, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major Urban area, urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi Distr ...

City, Bangladesh. Md. Anwar Hussain is the current Chairperson of the Rajshahi Development Authority.

History

Established in 1825, Rajshahi became a town in 1876. In 1876 Rajshahi Pourashava was established and it was upgraded as Rajshahi City Corporation in 1987. With the demand of time, a medical college, engineering and other universities, Radio Centre, airport and many other important establishment were founded in the city. As a result, in many ways importance of the city increased and the city grew in an unplanned way. Therefore, to ensure the city growth and development in a planned and sustainable way, Rajshahi Town Development Authority was established in October 1976 by Ordinance no. 78. The authority announced a Master Plan in 2015 for Rajshahi City covering the next 20 years. In 2019, Rajshahi Development Authority announced 11 development projects with a combined budget of 107 billion taka.

References

1976 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Government agencies of Bangladesh Government departments of Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub