Government of Bangladesh
Bengali:বাংলাদেশ সরকার
Central government
Government Seal • National Emblem
Overview
Established	10 April 1971; 54 years ago (1971-04-10)
State	Bangladesh
Leader	Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Appointed by	PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Main organ	Cabinet of Bangladesh
Ministries	23 advisers, 353 departments and directorates
Responsible to	Parliament of Bangladesh
Annual budget	৳7.90 trillion (US$65 billion)(2025–26)
Headquarters	Bangladesh Secretariat,Dhaka
Website	bangladesh.gov.bd

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Thegovernment of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengali:গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার,romanized: Gôṇôprôjātôntrī Bāṅlādēś Sôrkār) is thecentral government ofBangladesh. The government was constituted by theConstitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (thepresident,prime minister andcabinet), thelegislature (theJatiya Sangsad), and thejudiciary (theSupreme Court). Bangladesh is aunitary state^[1] and the central government has the authority to govern over the entirety of the nation. The seat of the government is located inDhaka, the capital ofBangladesh.^[2][3][4]

The executive government is led by theprime minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. The prime minister and the other most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as theCabinet. After the resignation ofSheikh Hasina in August 2024, the currentinterim government is led byDr. Muhammad Yunus aschief adviser.

Thepresident serves as thehead of state, primarily fulfilling ceremonial duties, while theprime minister, as thehead of government, holds the actual executive authority. The president is thecommander-in-chief of theBangladesh Armed Forces. The president is elected by the legislature every five years and has normally limited powers that are substantially expanded during the tenure of acaretaker government, mainly in controlling the transition to a new government. Bangladesh has instituted a unique system of transfer of power; at the end of the tenure of the government, power is handed over to members of a civil society for three months, who run the general elections and transfer the power to elected representatives. This system was first practiced in 1991 and adopted to the constitution in 1996.^[5]

As head of the state, the president can grant pardon to a man sentenced to death penalty or lessen the punishment. In some cases, it also performs some legislative and judicial functions.

Theprime minister is ceremonially appointed by the president, in accordance with Article 56(3) of the Constitution, from among the members of parliament who, in the president’s opinion, appear to command the support of the majority of the members. The cabinet is composed of selectedministers.The prime minister exercises supreme power in Bangladesh.

The executive branch of the Government of Bangladesh administers the state and implements laws enacted by the Jatiya Sangsad. It is responsible for maintaining internal law and order, conducting foreign relations, and protecting the defence, independence, and sovereignty of the country.

The Cabinet is headed by the Prime Minister and consists of Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, and Deputy Ministers. According to the Constitution of Bangladesh, all members of the Cabinet must be members of theJatiya Sangsad, or they must be elected to the Parliament within six months after their appointment.

Each ministry is led politically by a Minister and administered by aSecretary, a senior civil servant who oversees policy implementation and manages the overall operation of the ministry and its subordinate divisions.

The executive calculates the income and expenditure of the government. It also performs various public welfare services such as;education,agriculture,establishment of industry, trade and commerce, land reform, tax and revenue collection. Beside this, it also accepts and implements various development projects.

The legislature of Bangladesh isunicameral. Called theJatiya Sangsad in Bengali, it is the parliament of Bangladesh. Thespeaker presides over meetings of the Jatiya Sangsad and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. The current Jatiya Sangsad contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women and 300 seats for elected members, which are apportioned on elected party position in the parliament. Thetwelfth national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. The recently resigned speaker isShirin Sharmin Chaudhury, who was presiding over the tenth, eleventh and twelfth parliament. She is the first woman to have held this office.

At the local government level, the country is administratively structured intodivisions,districts, subdistricts (upazilas),unions, and villages. The lowest level of local government representative are local officials of union council those who are elected at the union level election. All larger administrative units are run by members of the civil service.

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