NICAR approves three new upazilas, Halda police station

The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR) has approved the creation of three new upazilas and a new police station as part of efforts to improve public administration and service delivery across Bangladesh.

The decision was taken at the committee’s 121st meeting, held at the Cabinet Division conference room at the Secretariat on Wednesday and chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, according to the prime minister's deputy press secretary, Hasan Shiplu.

“The meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR), chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, approved the new upazilas and police station,” Hasan Shiplu said.

The committee also decided to bring the parts of the Purbachal New Town Project that fall within Narayanganj and Gazipur districts under the Dhaka district for administrative purposes.

The three new upazilas are Fatikchhari North Upazila in Chattogram, Bangra Upazila in Cumilla and Dakkhin Gafargaon Upazila in Mymensingh. Fatikchhari North Upazila will be formed with six unions separated from Fatikchhari Upazila in the Chattogram district. Bangra Upazila will be created by dividing Muradnagar Upazila in Cumilla District, while Dakkhin Gafargaon Upazila will comprise eight unions currently under Pagla Police Station in Gafargaon Upazila of Mymensingh District.

NICAR also approved the establishment of Halda Police Station through the division of Hathazari Police Station in Chattogram.

The meeting was attended by Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher, State Minister for Public Administration Abdul Bari, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar and secretaries from the ministries concerned, among others.