The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives ( bn, স্থানীয় সরকার, পল্লী উন্নয়ন ও সমবায় মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Sthānīẏa sarakāra, pallī unnaẏana ō samabāẏa mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is responsible for the

housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether it ...

and building, regional and rural policy,

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and cities administration and finances, and the conduct of

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

s. The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives contains two divisions: *Local Government Division *Rural Development and Co-operatives Division

Organization

Local Government Division

;Local Government Body * Barishal City Corporation * Chattogram City Corporation *

Comilla City Corporation Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Cumilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Cumi ...

Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) or Dhaka Uttar City Corporation was created as an autonomous body that governs 54 northern wards of Dhaka to better manage local services, but has since added new areas. It is one of two municipal corporations ...

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is one of the two municipal corporations in Dhaka created when the former Dhaka City Corporation (first declared in 1864) was divided into two by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on ...

* Narayanganj City Corporation * Khulna City Corporation * Sylhet City Corporation * Rajshahi City Corporation * Rangpur City Corporation *

Mymensingh City Corporation Mymensingh City Corporation is the municipal government of the city of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The city is located about north of Dhaka, the capital of the country. Mymensingh Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation, the country's 12th, ...

* Gazipur City Corporation ; Others Department *

Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is th ...

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 facili ...

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 in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Narayanganj. Taq ...

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 Khu ...

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 se ...

Public Health Engineering Department The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) is a public agency in Pakistan and India that is responsible for west coast to East coast to Middle east water supply. During natural disasters the agency has the responsibility to get drinking wate ...

National Institute of Local Government National Institute of Local Government (জাতীয় স্থানীয় সরকার ইনস্টিটিউট) is a government training and research institute that is responsible for training officials, both elected and app ...

Local Government Engineering Department Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is an organ of Bangladesh government created for provision of transport infrastructures in rural areas and to provide technical support to the rural and the urban local government institutions (LGIs), p ...

Rural Development and Co-operatives Division

Department of Cooperatives Department of Cooperatives () is a Bangladesh government Department under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives ( bn, স্থানীয় ...

Bangladesh Rural Development Board The Bangladesh Rural Development Board, or BRDB, is a government board responsible for the development in rural areas and is largest government program involved in rural development in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh Ban ...

(BRDB) *

Rural Poverty Alleviation Foundation Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation () is a Bangladeshi government foundation. It was established in 1999 in a law passed by the national parliament of Bangladesh with the goal of eradicating poverty. The current chairman of the foundation is Rezaul ...

(PDBF) *

Small Farmer Development Foundation Small Farmer Development Foundation (ক্ষুদ্র কৃষক উন্নয়ন ফাউন্ডেশন) is a government foundation of Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives of Bangladesh that is responsi ...

(SFDF) *

Bangladesh Cooperative Bank Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Limited is a cooperative bank located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History In 1922 the Bengal provincial Co-operative Bank was founded to provide loans to farmers in Bengal. In 1947 the bank was temporarily closed following the P ...

* Bangladesh dairy farmer co-operative Union Limited (

Milk Vita Milk Vita is a milk production company that produces milk under its own name. It is owned by somalia Milk Producers Co-operative Union Limited, a cooperative managed by itself. Milk Vita has 70 percent market share of liquid milk in Bangladesh. ...

) *

Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পল্লী উন্নয়ন একাডেমী (বার্ড)) Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) started its journey on 27 May 1959 as a ...

(BARD) * Rural Development Academy (RDA) Bogra *

Bangabandhu Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (বঙ্গবন্ধু দারিদ্র্য বিমোচন ও পল্লী উন্নয়ন একাডেমি) is a government academy and research i ...

(BAPARD)

References

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Rural development in Bangladesh Local government in Bangladesh Cooperatives ministries Local government ministries Rural development ministries {{Bangladesh-gov-stub