The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform (Nicar) has approved the constitution of Mymensingh division as the eighth administrative unit in the country.
The decision was made at Nicar’s meeting at the Secretariat yesterday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in chair.
Cabinet Secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan briefed reporters in this regard after the meeting.
He said the new division will consist four districts: Jamalpur, Sherpur, Netrokona and Mymensingh. The total area of the division will be 10,584sq-km with a population of nearly 1.14 crore.
Earlier, the government directed the Cabinet Division to take necessary administrative steps to turn Mymensingh into a division.
The cabinet division formed an inter-ministerial committee to take measures in this regard.
At yesterday’s meeting, Nicar also approved a proposal for the constitution of Bhandaria municipality in Pirojpur, a proposal for the expansion of the boundary of Homna municipality in Comilla, and a proposal for the constitution of Bangura Bazar police station in Muradpur upazila, Comilla.