Local government

Local government

Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker address to journalists at his office at the Election Commission (EC) building in the city's Agargaon area. Photo: Collected.

Local govt polls to begin with union parishad: EC Anwarul

The commissioner said, like the national parliamentary election, the code of conduct for the local government polls would contain some stricter provisions.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami members with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin.

Jamaat urges EC to allow MPO-listed teachers in local body elections, bar AL leaders

The State Minister Shahe Alam paying homage at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on 29 August, 2026. Photo: Collected

Govt working systematically to meet people's expectations: Shahe Alam

Immediate local government elections urged to ensure effective citizen services

Immediate local government elections urged to ensure effective citizen services

Six city corporation administrators, including those of Dhaka North and South, formally took office at the local government ministry on 24 february 2026. Photo: Courtesy

6 city corporation administrators take office in Dhaka, other cities

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Opening of AL offices in various areas to be addressed legally: Fakhrul

Local government expert and former professor of Public Administration at Chittagong University Tofail Ahmed. Photo: Collected

Local government expert Prof Tofail Ahmed passes away at 71

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Tk2,100cr to be set aside for election expenses in FY26 budget

District's Local Government Division Deputy Director Md Mobarak Hossain distributing relief items at the Shiv Temple premises in Sajek Valley. Photo: TBS

Stretched thin but determined, local bureaucrats are keeping governance alive

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Local govt reforms are unlikely to see the light of day once again

BNP leaders hold a public gathering in Cumilla’s Laksham on 20 Feb. Photo: Collected

BNP presses on for prioritising national polls while Jamaat, Gono Odhikar seek local body elections first

Hasnat, Patwari, Sarjis speaking to reporters on 15 Feb. Photo: Collected

Want local government elections first: Citizens’ Committee

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Anatomy of a fall: How Bangladesh's local government was left crippled