The government has issued a gazette endorsing Mymensingh as a new division.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued the gazette on Wednesday.
The new division will be formed with Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrakona districts.
Tangail and Kishoreganj districts have been kept outside of the new division which encompasses a total of 13,631 square kilometres with a population of 114,70,047.
On September 14, the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms (Nicar) endorsed Mymensingh as a new division.
Later, the cabinet took the decision in principle over the new division on January 26.