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 i ...

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 A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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 Barisal City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Barisal. The corporation covers an area of over 58 square kilometers in the Barisal ...

Chattogram City Corporation Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is a self-governing agency that governs the municipal areas of Chattogram and some adjoining areas of south-eastern Bangladesh. CCC government is elected by popular vote every 5 years. Administration Chattogr ...

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 *

Narayanganj City Corporation Narayanganj City Corporation ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: NCC) established in 2011, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. It was formed comprising Narayanganj Town, Siddhirga ...

Khulna City Corporation Khulna City Corporation ( bn, খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city co ...

Sylhet City Corporation Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) is a self-governing organisation which governs the municipal areas of Sylhet. This civic body of Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative s ...

Rajshahi City Corporation Rajshahi City Corporation ( bn, রাজশাহী সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RCC) is the self-governing corporation that is associated with the task of running the affairs of Rajshahi city. It is one of the major di ...

Rangpur City Corporation Rangpur City Corporation ( bn, রংপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: RCC) established in 28 June, 2012, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Current mayor of RpCC is Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa who was Nomi ...

* Mymensingh City Corporation *

Gazipur City Corporation Gazipur City Corporation ( bn, গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of Bangladesh. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers w ...

; 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. It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At p ...

* Chattogram WASA * Dhaka WASA * Khulna WASA * Rajshahi WASA *

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 *

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), ...

Rural Development and Co-operatives Division

* Department of Cooperatives * Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) * Rural Poverty Alleviation Foundation (PDBF) * Small Farmer Development Foundation (SFDF) * Bangladesh Cooperative Bank *

Bangladesh dairy farmer co-operative Union Limited 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. ...

(

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 (BARD) *

Rural Development Academy The Rural Development Academy (RDA) ( bn, পল্লী উন্নয়ন একাডেমী) is a specialized rural development institution in Sherpur Upazila of Bogra District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the Peop ...

(RDA) Bogra * Bangabandhu Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development (BAPARD)

References

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