Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার
Government Seal
Overview
Established	17 April 1971 (1971-04-17) (1st Government)
State	Bengali Republic
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	President of the Republic
Main organ	Cabinet of Bangladesh
Ministries	58 Ministries
Responsible to	Jatiya Sangsad
Headquarters	Bangladesh Secretariat Dhaka
Website	bangladesh.gov.bd

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The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions. Some of the work of the government is carried out through state enterprises or limited companies.

Legislative

• Jatiya Sangsad
  • Office of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
  • Sangsad committees
  • Parliament Secretariat
• Sangsad Television
• Sangsad Library

Judicial branch

Supreme Court

• Supreme Court
  • Appellate Division
  • High Court Division
• Chief Justice
• Attorney General

District Courts

Civil Courts

• District Judge Court
• Additional District Judge Court
• Joint District Judge Court
• Senior Assistant Judge Court
• Assistant Judge Court

Criminal Courts

• Session Judge Court
  • District Judge Court
    • District Session Judge Court
    • Additional District Session Judge Court
    • Joint District Session Judge Court
• Magistrate Court
  • District Magistrate Court
    • Chief Judicial Magistrate Court
    • Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court
    • Senior Judicial Magistrate Court
    • Judicial Magistrate Court

Metropolitan Courts

Criminal Courts

• • Metropolitan Judge Court
    • Metropolitan Session Judge Court
    • Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court
    • Joint Metropolitan Session Judge Court
  • Metropolitan Magistrate Court
    • Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court
    • Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court

Specialized Courts and Tribunals

• Constitutional Court
  • None
• Administrative Court
  • Administrative Tribunals
• Finance Court
  • Money Loan Courts
  • Insolvency Courts
  • Income Tax Appellate Tribunals
  • Special Tribunal for Share Market Scam
• Labour Court
  • Labour Courts
• Court of Justice
  • International Crimes Tribunal
• Social Court
  • Druto Bichar Tribunal
  • Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal

Executive branch

President's Office

• Bangabhaban
  • Public Division
  • Personal Division
  • Toshakhana

Prime Minister's Office

• Cabinet Division
• Armed Forces Division
  • Bangladesh Navy
  • Bangladesh Air Force
  • Bangladesh Army
• Offices
  • National Economic Council
  • Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA)
  • Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA)
  • Bangladesh Investment Development Authority
  • Board of Investment
  • Privatization Commission, Bangladesh
  • Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA)
  • Governance Innovation Unit (GIU)
  • National Security Intelligence (NSI)
  • National Skills Development Authority (NSDA)
  • NGO Affairs Bureau
  • Special Security Force
  • Sub-regional Co-operation Cell (SRCC)
  • Private Export Processing Zone (PEPZ)
• Project
  • Ashrayan Project (Human Resource Development)
  • Access to Information (A2I) Programme (ICT Services)
  • Development Assistance for Special Area (except CHT)

Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

• Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
• Refugee Rehabilitation Task Force
• Khagrachhari Hill District Council
• Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council
• Bandarban Hill District Council
• Rangamati Hill District Council

Ministry of Primary and Mass Education

• Bureau of Non-Formal Education
• National Academy for Primary Education
• Directorate of Primary Education

Ministry of Agriculture

• Agencies
  • Agriculture Information Service (AIS)
  • Department of Agricultural Marketing
  • Department of Agricultural Extension
  • National Institute of Biotechnology
  • Cotton Development Board
  • Barind Multipurpose Development Authority
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
  • Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute
  • Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
  • Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture
  • Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI)
  • Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition
  • Soil Resources Development Institute
  • SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)
  • Seed Certification Agency
• Enterprises
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation

Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism

• Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (Tourism Corporation)
• Bangladesh Tourism Board
• Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh
• Limited Company
  • Bangladesh Biman

Ministry of Commerce

• Bangladesh Competition Commission
• Office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms
• Office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports
• The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh
• Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection
• Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB)
• Bangladesh Tea Board
• Bangladesh Tariff Commission
• Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute
• Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau
• Bangladesh Tea Research Institute

Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges

• Road Transport and Highways Division
  • Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority
  • Bangladesh Road Transport Authority
  • Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation
  • Roads and Highways Department
• Bridges Division
  • Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BRA)

Ministry of Cultural Affairs

• Department of Archives and Libraries
• Department of Public Libraries
• Nazrul Institute
• Bengali Academy
• Bangladesh Copyright Office
• Bangladesh National Museum
• Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation

Ministry of Defence

• Controller General of Defence Finance
• The National Defence College
• Directorate General of Defence Purchase
• Bangladesh Ordnance Factories
• Bangladesh Meteorological Department
• Survey of Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
• Military Institute of Science & Technology
• Defence Services Command and Staff College
• Office Of The Chief Administrative Officer
• Department of Military Lands and Cantonments

Ministry of Food

• Directorate General of Food

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources

Ministry of Environment and Forest

• Bangladesh Climate Change Trust
• Department of Environment
• Forest Department
• Bangladesh National Herbarium
• Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI)
• Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation
• Forestry Development and Training Centre, Kaptai
• Bangladesh Forest College

Ministry of Public Administration

• Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board (BKKB)
• Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC)
• Bangladesh Public Service Commission
• Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy
• BIAM Foundation
• Department of Printing and Publications
• Department of Government Transport
• Bangladesh Government Press
• Government Printing Press
• Bangladesh Forms and Publication Office
• Bangladesh Stationery Office

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

• Department of Livestock
• Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute
• Department of Livestock Services
• Department of Fisheries
• Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI)
• Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation
• Marine Fisheries Academy
• Bangladesh Veterinary Council

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• American Institute of Bangladesh Studies
• Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
• Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)
• Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs
• Foreign Service Academy
• List of diplomatic missions of Bangladesh

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

• Health Service Division
  • Disease International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
  • Department of Drug Administration
  • Directorate General of Nursing and Midwifery
  • Directorate General of Health Services
  • Health Economics Unit
  • Department of Public Health Engineering
  • Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Health Engineering Department
  • Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research
• Medical Education And Family Welfare Division
  • National Population Research and Training Center
  • Directorate General of Family Planning

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Housing and Public Works

• Public Works Department
• Department of Architecture
• Housing and Building Research Institute
• Directorate of Government Accommodation
• National Housing Authority
• Urban Development Directorate
• City Development Authorities
  • Capital Development Authority (RAJUK)
  • Chittagong Development Authority (CDA)
  • Khulna Development Authority
  • Rajshahi Development Authority
  • Cox's Bazar Development Authority

Ministry of Industries

Ministry of Information

• Press Information Department (Information)
  • Press Institute of Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha
  • Bangladesh Press Council
• Department of Mass Communication (Broadcasting)
  • Bangladesh Betar
  • Bangladesh Television
  • Sangsad TV
• Department of Films and Publications (Films)
  • Bangladesh Film Development Corporation
  • Bangladesh Film Censor Board
  • Bangladesh Film Archive

Ministry of Textiles and Jute

• Department of Jute
• Bangladesh Handloom Board
• Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
• Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation
• Bangladesh Sericulture Development Board
• Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute
• Jute Diversification Promotion Center
• Department of Textiles
• Bangladesh Jute Corporation

Ministry of Labour and Employment

• Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments
• Child Labour Unit
• Minimum Wage Board
• Department of Labour
• Labour Appellate Tribunal
• Central Fund
• National Child Labour Welfare Council

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

• Law and Justice Division
  • Bangladesh Supreme Court
  • Bangladesh Law Commission
  • Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission
  • National Legal Aid Services Organization
  • Directorate of Registration
  • Judicial Administration Training Institute
• Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division
  • Bangladesh Law Commission
  • Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission
  • The Attorney General's Office

Ministry of Land

• Land Appeal Board
• Land Record and Survey Department
• Land Reform Board
• Land Administration Training Centre (LATC)

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives

Ministry of Planning

1. Planning Division

• Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
• Planning Commission
• National Academy for Planning and Development

2. Statistics and Informatics Division

• Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

3. Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division

• Central Procurement Technical Unit

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology

Ministry of Religious Affairs

• Office of the Waqf Administrator
• Christian Religious Welfare Trust
• Bangladesh Hajj Office
• Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust
• Islamic Foundation Bangladesh
• Hindu Religious Welfare Trust
• Bangladesh Haj Office, Jeddah

Ministry of Shipping

• Chittagong Port Authority
• Bangladesh Land Port Authority
• National Maritime Institute
• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation
• Bangladesh Marine Academy
• Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
• Mongla Port Authority
• Payra Port Authority
• Department of Shipping
• Directorate of Seamen and Emigration Welfare

Ministry of Social Welfare

• National Disabled Development Foundation
• Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council
• Department of Social Services
• Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan Trust Bangladesh
• Physically Disabled Protection Trust
• Neuro-Developmental Disability Protection Trust

Ministry of Women and Children Affairs

• National Women's Agency
• Bangladesh Shishu Academy
• Department of Women Affairs
• National Trauma Counselling Centre
• Joyeeta Foundation

Ministry of Water Resources

• Institute of Water Modeling
• River Research Institute
• Water Resources Planning Organisation (WARPO)
• Bangladesh Water Development Board
• Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board
• Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
• Joint River Commission, Bangladesh
• Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services

Ministry of Youth and Sports

• Directorate of Sports
• National Sports Council
• Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) (Bangladesh Sports Education)
• Youth Development Department
• Sheikh Hasina National Youth Center
• Bangabandhu Krirashebi Kalyan Foundation
• Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Youth Development

Ministry of Liberation War Affairs

• Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust
• National Freedom Fighter Council

Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment

• Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training
• Bangladesh Institute of Marine Technology
• Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB)
• Wages Earners’ Welfare Fund
• Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL)
• Probashi Kallyan Bank

Ministry of Railways

• Bangladesh Railway
• Department of Railway Inspection

Ministry of Science and Technology

• Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
• Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• National Museum of Science and Technology^[3]
• National Institute of Biotechnology^[4]
• Bangladesh Computer Council
• Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre^[5]
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre
• National Museum of Science and Technology
• Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority
• Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City
• Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority
• Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute
• Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited
• Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust
• National Council for Science and Technology

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief

• Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP)
• Disaster Management Directorate
• Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner

Other agencies

• Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Planning Commission
• Bangladesh Election Commission
• Bangladesh Public Service Commission
• Anti-Corruption Commission
• National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh

Intelligence

National

• Bangladeshi intelligence community
  • National Security Intelligence
  • Special Branch
    • Criminal Investigation Department
    • Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit

Military

• Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
  • Directorate of Naval Intelligence
  • Directorate of Air Intelligence
  • Directorate of Military Intelligence
  • Directorate of Counterintelligence
  • Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau