Ministries and  Divisions of the Government

Ministry Name of Division
1. Office of the President a) Public  Division
b) Personal Division
2. Office of the Prime Minister a) Prime Minister's Office
b) Cabinet Division
c) Special Affairs Division
d) Armed Forces Division
e) Election Commission Secretariat
3. Ministry of Establishment a) Establishment
b) Bangladesh Public Service Commission Secretariat
4. Ministry of Defence Defence Division
5. Ministry of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs a) Law and Justice
b) National Parliament Secretariat
6. Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture
7. Ministry of Water Resources Water Resources Division
8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs
9. Ministry of Finance a) Finance Division
b) Internal Resources Division
c) Economic Relations Division
10. Ministry of Local Government, a) Local Government Division
Rural Development and b) Rural Development and
Co-operatives Co-operatives Division
11. Ministry of Communication a) Roads and Railway Division
b) Jamuna Bridge Division
12. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare Health and Family Welfare
13. Ministry of Industries Industries Division
14. Ministry of Post and
Tele-communication Post and Telecommunication
15. Ministry of Commerce Commerce Division
16. Ministry of Social Welfare Social Welfare
17. Ministry of Women and
Children Affairs Women and Children Affairs
18. Ministry of Food Food
19. Ministry of Information Information
20. Ministry of Home Home
21. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources a) Energy and Mineral Resources Division
b) Power Division
22. Ministry of Housing and Public Works Housing & Public Works
23. Ministry of Labour and Employment Labour and Employment Division
24. Ministry of Education a) Education Division
b) Primary and Mass Education Division
25. Ministry of Science and Technology Science and Technology
26. Ministry of Environment and Forests Environment and Forest
27. Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Fisheries and Livestock
28. Ministry of Jute Jute
29. Ministry of Planning a) Planning Division
b) Statistics Division
c) Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division
30. Ministry of Land Land
31. Ministry of Religious Affairs Religious Affairs
32. Ministry of Youth and Sports Youth and Sports
33. Ministry of Textile Textile
34. Ministry of Civil Aviation and
Tourism Civil Aviation and Tourism
35. Ministry of Disaster Management Disaster Management
and Relief and Relief
36. Ministry of Cultural Affairs Cultural Affairs
37. Ministry of Shipping Shipping
Position as on 18.6.1998. Source: Cabinet Division.