Topic summary
Padma Division
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Faridpur Division.
History
On 6 May 2017, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain announced that the new division would be renamed as Padma Division after the Padma River, which flows northeast of the proposed division. The name "Padma" was controversial and many were opposed to the name, who demanded it be changed to "Faridpur". The proposal was postponed on 27 November 2022. On 17 December 2024, the Public Administration Reform Commission recommended the creation of the Cumilla and Faridpur divisions.