Organs and Functions of the Government of Bangladesh

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The research team would like to extend their gratitude to the members of the Advisory Group whose advice has greatly enhanced our thoughts and writing.

This paper conceptualize about Bangladesh public administration. Structure and functions of central and field administration. Provide clear concept of those bodies, their limitations and way to overcome

A good social order becomes sine qua non in the age of globalization where nations struggle and aspire after development. Whatever may be the nature of a state and government, it needs good law and order for achieving desired social, economic, and cultural goals. Bangladesh, as a state, has its aim to "realize through the democratic process a socialist society, free from exploitation…" In achieving the goal set by the Bangladesh Constitution, state needs stable social order. A modern democratic state can hardly think of running its affairs without the assistance of law enforcing agencies. Their role is significant in the context of multidimensional problems and complicacy of urbanization and industrialization.

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Bureaucracy is the management apparatus of a state administration. Even in private sector, bureaucratic organization is very much essential for its smooth functioning and betterment. A legalized domination of bureaucracy only can ensure highest efficiency of an organization in a country. But the state bureaucracy of Bangladesh not developed legally from Pre-colonial period to post-colonial phase as well as an independent Bangladesh eventually. The state bureaucracy of Bangladesh is patrimonial in nature based on personal interests. The politicians and bureaucrats are interdependent in various manners for the fulfillment of their purpose illegally in Democratic Bangladesh. Simultaneously, the impact of militarism still exists in state bureaucracy of Bangladesh as it faced military rule in several times.

The Centre for Governance Studies at BRAC University seeks to foster a new generation of researchers, public administrators and citizens with critical and analytical perspectives on governance.

A History of Bangladesh is an updated, revised and expanded version of the single most useful historical study that we have to explain the complex changing environmental, political, cultural, social and economic conditions that shape everyday experience and future possibilities for the people of Bangladesh.'

The constitution of a nation can explain a state, authority, or law. Constitution is like a country's identity card. The Bangladesh Constitution was ratified on December 16, 1972.

Discusses the internal political tussle between various political forces in Bangladesh.

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis

This paper discussed briefly the Composition of Government Budget of Bangladesh of recent years with analyzing the composition of expenditure, explaining the share or ratio of specific policy areas in the expenditure and how the share or ratio of each major policy area got changed in the last 15 years. This paper also investigated the policy areas which were expanded and which got shrunk with explaining their reason of changes. Along with above, this paper summarized various tax sectors in Bangladesh mentioning their size and explaining major changes in tax system.

Political institutions are important to explain the performance of governance. Explicating the quality and structure of political institutions helps us understanding the role of governance in modern democracies. This study attempts to explore the relationship between political institutions and governance. The core assumption of the paper is that political institutions matter for the quality of governance in a country. It suggests that there are explicit and implicit linkages among the variables of political institutions and governance mechanisms. The paper takes Bangladesh- widely known as a governance deficit country- a case to understand these linkages focusing on two historical phases - 1971-1990 and the post-1990 era. In the context of Bangladesh, political governance characteristics demonstrate three critical aspects (i) the absence of balance of power between the three formal political institutions – executive, legislature and judiciary; (ii) inability of the state institutions and agencies to deliver services to the people; and (iii) absence of democracy model in different political institutions. The general pattern of changes is conceptualized in relation to speed and reflexivity in the processes and functions of political institutions and their agentive roles. In the post-1990 period, the programmes for political liberalization are undertaken at a faster pace and the scope of the activity has been broadened to a considerable degree. But the governance attributes of Bangladesh in the political domain remain almost unchanged although new institutions are created. Political centre of gravity towards making more accountable and effective governance institutions is missing humanly in the country’s political framework. The paper further argues that the post-1990 era has been marked by changes more in the context of national policies, organizations and ideological orientation than to improve the quality and structure of political institutions.