Local government
In our country, local government structure is not developed enough to contribute to national development. Like any other least developed country, Bangladesh has been facing many problems in the way of its development. Local government may be a strong institution in development. In Bangladesh, the local government consists of three tiers : Union Parishad, Upzila Parishad and Zilla Parishad. Among these three tiers, the Union Parishad can play a significant role in development. The Union Parishad will have some responsibilities like it will maintain birth and death records, it must have information about total land of the respective union and the total arable land. Besides, it will record total crop number and the quantity of crops that are produced in that particular union all the year round. About population, it will have information about the total number of people including their age, profession etc.
However, in practice what we see in Union Parishad is that there is nobody except the Union Parishad secretary and the elected chairman. Things must improve in this area.
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