Bangladesh has a unitary form of government. The President is the Head of State and the Prime Minister is the Head of Government. The Prime Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers. The permanent officer-in-charge of the Ministries/Divisions is designated as Secretary who belongs to the Civil Service. There are now 35 Ministries and 52 Divisions.
The Ministry of Planning comprises three Divisions, viz. (1) Planning Division (Planning Commission) (2) Statistics Division (3) Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division.
For administrative purposes, the country is divided into six divisions, each headed by a Divisional Commissioner. There are 64 districts under the 6 Divisions.The district is administered by a Deputy Commissioner who is assisted by Additional Deputy Commissioners. The District has a Zila Parishad headed by a Chairman. The Districts are divided into Thanas headed by a Thana Nirbahi Officer. Currently, there are 496 Thanas of which 36 are in the metropolitan cities.
The head of the police administration in the country is the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The divisional police administration is headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police and the district police-administration is headed by the Superintendent of Police and there is an Inspector of Police in each Thana. The Superintendents of Police and the Inspectors of Police work in close co-operation with the Deputy Commissioners and Thana Nirbahi Officers for maintenance of law and order under their respective jurisdictions. The chief police officers in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi city are designated as Commissioner of Metropolitan Police.
Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics