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ISO 3166-2:BD is the entry for Bangladesh in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali pronunciation.
Bangladesh has achieved remarkable feats in reducing its poverty rate, which has gone down from 80% in 1971, [37] to 44.2% in 1991, [38] all the way down to 18.7% in 2022. [39] It has emerged as the second-largest economy in South Asia, [ 40 ] [ 41 ] surpassing the per capita income levels of both India and Pakistan.
Second Caretaker Government [18] 1996-1996 Abdur Rahman Biswas: Muhammad Habibur Rahman [a] Habib: Caretaker: Independent: None — Seventh Jatiyo Sangsad [19] 1996-1996 Abdur Rahman Biswas: Sheikh Hasina: Hasina I: Parliamentary: AL: 1996: 211/330 1996-2001 Shahabuddin Ahmed: JP-E: JaSaD: Third Caretaker Government [20] 2001-2001 Shahabuddin ...
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 or upazilas. [2]
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).
This is a list of regions of Bangladesh by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1] List ... 18 Khagrachhari, Rangamati: 0.627 19 Habiganj, Sunamganj: 0.608 20
Dhaka-18 (2 C, 1 P) F. Former parliamentary constituencies of Bangladesh (12 P) Pages in category "Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh"