Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives

The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (

Local Government Division

Local Government Bodies

• Barishal City Corporation
• Chattogram City Corporation
• Comilla City Corporation
• Dhaka North City Corporation
• Dhaka South City Corporation
• Narayanganj City Corporation
• Khulna City Corporation
• Sylhet City Corporation
• Rajshahi City Corporation
• Rangpur City Corporation
• Mymensingh City Corporation
• Gazipur City Corporation
• District Councils
• Sub-District Councils
• Union Councils
• Town Councils

Others Department

• Water Supply and Sewerage Authority
• Chattogram WASA
• Dhaka WASA
• Khulna WASA
• Rajshahi WASA
• Sylhet WASA
• Public Health Engineering Department
• National Institute of Local Government
• Local Government Engineering Department

Rural Development and Co-operatives Division

• Department of Cooperatives
• Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB)
• Rural Poverty Alleviation Foundation
  (PDBF)
• Small Farmer Development Foundation (SFDF)
• Bangladesh Cooperative Bank
• Bangladesh dairy farmer co-operative Union Limited (Milk Vita
  )
• Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD)
• Rural Development Academy (RDA) Bogra
• Bangabandhu Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development
  (BAPARD)

Ministers

No.		Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Head of government
				From	To	Period
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
	1		Abdus Salam Talukder (1936–1999) MP for Jamalpur-4	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	5 years, 10 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Khaleda I		Khaleda Zia
	C1		Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932–2003) Adviser/Caretaker Minister	31 March 1996	23 June 1996	84 days	Independent	Latifur (Caretaker)		Habibur Rahman (Caretaker)
	2		Zillur Rahman (1929–2013) MP for Kishoreganj-7	23 January 1996	15 July 2001	5 years, 173 days	Awami League	Hasina I		Sheikh Hasina
	C2		Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury (1935–2005) Adviser/Caretaker Minister	15 July 2001	10 October 2001	87 days	Independent	Latifur (Caretaker)		Latifur Rahman (Caretaker)
	3		Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan (1943–2020) MP for Narsingdi-3	10 October 2001	28 October 2006	5 years, 18 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Khaleda II		Khaleda Zia
	C3		Inspector General of Police (Retd) M. Azizul Haq Adviser/Caretaker Minister	26 October 2006	11 January 2007	77 days	Independent	Iajuddin (Caretaker)		Iajuddin Ahmed President/Chief Adviser
	C4		Inspector General of Police (Retd) Anwarul Iqbal (1950–2015) Adviser/Caretaker Minister	12 January 2007	6 January 2009	1 year, 360 days		Fakhruddin (Caretaker)		Fakhruddin Ahmed President/Chief Adviser
	5		Sayed Ashraful Islam (1952–2019) MP for Kishoreganj-1	6 January 2009	14 January 2014	6 years, 184 days	Awami League	Hasina II		Sheikh Hasina
				14 January 2014	9 July 2015			Hasina III
	6		Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942) MP for Faridpur-3	9 July 2015	7 January 2019	3 years, 182 days
	7		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9	7 January 2019	19 May 2019	132 days		Hasina IV
Minister for Local Government Division				19 May 2019	10 January 2024	4 years, 236 days
	(7A)		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9
Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division
	7B		Swapan Bhattacharjee (born 1952) MP for Jessore-5 (State Minister)
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
	(7)		Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9	11 January 2024	Incumbent	144 days	Awami League	Hasina V		Sheikh Hasina

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