The government has decided to establish eight new administrative units – a upazila, five police stations and two municipalities – in the country.
The decision was made Monday at a meeting held at the secretariat of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform (Nicar) with Prime Minisiter Sheikh Hasina, chief of the committee, in the chair.
Additional Secretary Nazrul Islam told reporters after the meeting that the Cabinet Division would issue an order for the implementation of the decision on creating the new administrative units.
He said the meeting decided to elevate the Naldanga police station under Natore sadar upazila to the status of an independent upazila having a municipality and five union parishads within its periphery. The total population of the new upazila will be 129,304.
Kazirhat Police Investigation Centre of Mehendiganj upazila, Barisal, and Aminpur Police Investigation Centre of Bera upazila, Pabna, will be the new administrative police stations, Nazrul Islam said.
A total of 40 new posts have been created to operate the activities of the new police stations.
Nicar also decided to establish three new police stations in Khulna metropolis – Laban Chora, Aranghata, and a new one in Khulna University area, the name of which was yet to be finalised. The authorities concerned will finalise it in consultation with local public representatives.
The two municipalities to be established are Haluaghat in Mymensingh and Banchharampur in Brahmanbaria.
