1. Presentation on Administrative Structure of Bangladesh

2. Administrative Structure of Bangladesh
The government organization in Bangladesh can be conceptualized as a two-tier administrative system.
Central secretariat at the national level.
Field administration at the sub national level.

3. Central Secretariat at the National Level
The ministries and divisions altogether constituting the central secretariat at the national level is supposed to provide clearinghouse functions.

4. Central Secretariat at the National Level (Cont’d)
Administrative Structure in Secretariat
Secretary
Additional Secretary
Join Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Senior Scale Assistant Secretary
Assistant Secretary

5. Field administration at the sub-national level.
General administration, delivery of public services, and implementation of development program and so on, are carried out at sub-national levels-divisions, districts. thanas (upazilas)- representing the central level ministries and divisions as well as the line departments / directorates attached to the ministries/divisions.

6. Field Administration at the Sub-national Level (Cont’d)
Administrative Structure in Field Administration
Divisional Commissioner (DC)
Additional Divisional Commissioner
Thana Nirbahi Officer (TNO)
Magistrate
Assistant Commissioner

7. Ministries
Bangladesh adopted through a constitutional amendment in 1991 a parliamentary from of government with the prime minister as its chief executive and the president as the head of state. The prime minister who heads the council of ministers or cabinet thus exercises the country’s Executive powers. The cabinet in turn is collectively responsible to the parliament.

8. Ministries (Cont’d)
A ministry and each of its constituent divisions are primarily responsible for formulating government policies within its assigned jurisdiction. It plays an important role in supervising and reviewing the execution of its policies. Structurally, a ministry/ division is divided into several Wings, branches, and sections in order to ensure efficient disposal of its business.

9. Ministries (Cont’d) Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Armed Forces Division
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Ministry of Communications
Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Ministry of Defense

10. Ministries (Cont’d) Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Environment & Forest
Ministry of Establishment
Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
Ministry of Finance & Planning

11. Ministries (Cont’d) Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock Ministry of Food
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Housing & Public Works
Ministry of Industries

12. Ministries (Cont’d) Ministry of Information Ministry of Jute
Ministry of Labor & Employment
Ministry of Land
Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs

13. Ministries (Cont’d)
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Ministry of Religious Affairs

14. Ministries (Cont’d)
Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology
Ministry of Shipping
Ministry of Social Welfare
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Trade and Commerce
Ministry of Women & Children Affairs
Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry of Youth & Sports

15. Form of Government in Bangladesh
Regimes
Tenure
Nature of Government
Bongobondhu Skeikh Mujibur Rahman
Democratic
Lt. General Ziaur Rahman
Autocratic
Lt. General Hussain Mohammad Ersad
Begum Khaleda Zia
Sheikh Hasina Wajed
2001-Present

16. Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)
Twenty nine cadres of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exists the post of officers in the secretariat under the new system of senior level promotion and posting introduced in 1989 following the abolition of the Senior Service Pool (SSP).

17. Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) (Cont’d)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Food)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Agriculture)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Forest)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Fisheries)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Livestock)
Bangladesh Civil Service (General Education)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Technical Education)

18. Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) (Cont’d)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Economic)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Trade)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Statistical)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Public Works)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Public Health Engineering)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Roads and Highways)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Tele – Communication)

19. Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) (Cont’d)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Audit and accounts)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Customs and Excise)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation)
Bangladesh Civil Service ( Foreign Affairs)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Health)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Family Planning)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Information)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Judicial)

20. Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) (Cont’d)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Postal)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Enforcement: police)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Enforcement: Ansar)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Railway: Transportation & Commercial)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Railway: Engineering)
Bangladesh Civil Service (Co-operative)

21. Attached Departments / Directorates
A number of executive agencies (numbering about 254) have been created to carry out the government policies of the ministries / divisions. These agencies are generally designated as department and directorates attached to the ministries or divisions.

22. Attached Departments / Directorates (Cont’d)
Function-
to provide the executive direction in the implementation of policies laid down by the ministries or divisions.
to serve as the repository of technical information and advise their respective ministries or divisions on technical aspects of business

23. Civil Service
The most widely understood definition of a civil servant in Bangladesh is that she or he is a se of the state employed a civil capacity whose remuneration is paid and wholly and directly out of moneys voted by the parliament. Excluded from this definition are number of other groups who are also paid by the state but not considered to be civil servants.

24. Terminological Profile of the Civil Service Structure in Bangladesh
Grades .
Classes.
Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Cadre\ Non-cadre .
Ex-CSP .
Generalists /Specialists.
Senior Selection Pool.
Gazetted / Non Gazetted Staff

25. Administrative Reform
The administrative reform measures of successive governments in Bangladesh have brought significant changes in the civil service system. During the years from 1972 to 1996 successive governments appointed as many as fourteen major administrative reform commissions and committees.

26. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Mujib Era
The Civil Administration Restoration Committee (CARC) Administrative Restructuring.
December 27, 1971.
Administrative and Services and Reorganization Committee (ASRC), Personnel Management
March
National Pay Commission (NPC-I). Pay
July 21, 1972 .

27. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Zia Era
Pay and Services Commission (P&SC) Personnel Aspects Including Pay February

28. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Ershad Era
Martial Law Committee for Examining Organizational set-up of Ministries / Divisions, Departments. Directorates, and other organizations under them (MLC-I)
Organization Staff. April
Committee for Administrative Reform and Reorganization (CARR) Structure and Organization
April 28, 1982
National Pay Commission (NPC-II) Pay
May 31, 1984

29. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Ershad Era
Secretaries Committee on Administrative Development (SCAD). Promotion Aspects April 20,
Special Committee to Review the Structure of Senior Services Pool (SSP). Structure of SSP
December

30. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Ershad Era
Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC), Review SSP and Promotion Aspects June 03,
National Pay Commission (NPC-Ill), Pay August, 1989.
Administration Reorganization Committee (ARC) Organizational Structure and Personnel Management, August 1993

31. Administrative Reform (Contd)
Sheikh Hasina Era
National Pay Commission (NPC-IV), Pay August, 1996.
Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC). Organizational Structure, December 1996 Managerial Framework, and Human Resource Development

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