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  2. Administrative geography of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), Although, these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).

  3. Districts of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Districts of Bangladesh. The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts ...

  4. 2024 elections in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    General election. General elections took place in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024, in accordance with the constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, won the election ...

  5. Local government in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Following elections in the 2014–16 period, 25.2% (14,763/ 58,543) of councillors were women, up from 23.4% in the 2011–13 period. [2] In Bangladesh, the rural and regional local government have four tiers: Divisional administration; District administration; Sub-district administration; Rural, Municipal and City councils

  6. Elections in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The 1981 Bangladeshi presidential elections were held on 15 November 1981. The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 54.3%.

  7. 12th National Parliament Election Process Tracking - Wikipedia

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    ti-bangladesh.org. Template:Inobox. 12th National Parliament Election Process Tracking is a research report published by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, which faced opposition party boycotts. Presented at a press conference on 17 January, 2024, the report highlighted the election's one-sided ...

  8. Divisions of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2023, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Each division is divided into several districts which are further subdivided into upazilas, then union ...

  9. 2024 Bangladeshi general election - Wikipedia

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    The Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government. [22] The first session of the parliament sat on 30 January 2019. As the tenure of a parliament lasts five years in Bangladesh, [5] the Sangsad was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024.