Functions of Cabinet Division

1.   Secretarial work for the Cabinet and its Committees. 2.   Custody of papers and documents of the Cabinet and Committees and their decisions. 3.   Review of progress and implementation of Cabinet and Committee decisions. 4    Remuneration and Privileges of the President, Prime Minister and other Ministers. 5.   Immunity of the President. 6.   Administration of Oath of the President and Resignation of the President. 7.   Rules of Business and Allocation of Business among the Ministries and Divisions. 8.   Toshakhana 9.    Flag Rules, National Anthem Rules and National Emblem Rules. 9A.  Observance of National Mourning Day on the 15th August. 10.  Appointment and resignation of the Prime Minister, Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers and administration of  their Oath. 11.  Common services relating to the Prime Minister, Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers excluding T.A. and D.A. 11A. All matters relating to Anti-corruption Commission. 12.   Declaration of War. 13.   Secretaries Committee and Sub-Committees. 14.  General administration in Upazilas, Districts and Divisions. 15.  Warrant of Precedence. 16.  Monitoring of Criminal Justice. 17.  Nomination for International Awards. 18.  National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms/Reorganisation(NICAR). 19.  Administration including financial matters of this Division 20.  Administration and supervision of subordinate offices and organisations under this Division. 21.  Liaison with International Organisations and matters relating to treaties and agreements with other  countries and world bodies relating to subjects allotted to this Division. 22.  All laws on subjects allotted to this Division. 23.  Inquires and statistics on any of the subjects allotted to this Division. 24.  Fees in respect of any of the subjects allotted to this Division except Fees taken in courts . 25.  National Awards and Award giving ceremonies. 26.  Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination.

Superior Selection Board

Superior Selection Board (SSB) an administrative body constituted by the government in the Ministry of Establishment to scrutinize the government servants' service records, and then recommend them for promotion to higher positions in the civil service, including autonomous bodies. It was first constituted in 1972 with the cabinet secretary as its chairman, and the secretaries of Home, Law, Establishment and Finance Ministries/Divisions as members. The concerned secretary of a ministry/division (if not a member of the Board), making proposals for promotion of the officers under his control, was to be invited to participate in decision processes of the Superior Selection Board.

Since its first constitution, the composition of the SSB underwent modifications from time to time ending in August 1991. The reconstituted SSB of 1991 saw the inclusion of four new members namely the Principal Finance Secretary, the comptroller and auditor general, and two other additional secretaries with professional background classified as professional/technocrat members. In November 1991, the Principal Secretary to prime minister was also made a member of the SSB. The secretary of the Ministry of Establishment acts as its member-secretary.

The major responsibility of the SSB is to consider and make recommendations on the promotion and appointment of different categories of officers: (i) to the posts of deputy secretary and above in the secretariat; (ii) to pay grades III, II and I of the officers belonging to various service cadres and those outside the cadres; (iii) to pay grades III, II and I of those government officers who are on deputation to various autonomous bodies; (iv) to the posts of executive heads of various government departments and directorates; (v) to the posts of management heads of a selective number of autonomous bodies, including the directors of management boards of these bodies who are employed on a full-time basis; and (vi) to award of time scale of the officers mentioned above.

Until the early 1990s, the recommendations of the SSB were to be considered further by the Council Committee on Promotion and Appointment, composed entirely of a selective number of senior ministers. However, following a verdict of the high court in the late 1990s, the Council Committee was dissolved. At present the practice is to send the recommendations of the SSB directly to the Prime Minister, whose decision is final.

Union Parishad Functions

1. Preparation of a comprehensive Union Plan and inclusion of inter-ward development projects after identification and prioritization.
2. Assist and cooperate for the development of primary schools, supervise their functioning and motivate people for spreading literacy.
3. Ensure provision of health services at the Union Health Centres, supervise family planning related activities and services and monitor the same. Arrange for supply of safe drinking water and promote sanitation programme.
4. Construction of inter-ward roads, maintenance of the same, management of small scale irrigation and water resources.
5. Implementation of afforestation programme along the Union Parishad roads and all earthen embankments.
6. Peaceful resolution and amicable settlement of inter ward disputes.
7. Promote social resistance over violence against women, terrorism, all types of crimes and cooperate with administration for maintenance of law and order.
8. Up-to-date registration of birth, death and marriages based on report received from Gram Parishad.
9. Assist Upazilla parishad in the preparation of inter ward agricultural and fisheries development projects and take necessary action.
10. Cooperate with and advise all agencies within the Union having credit programmes and help rural poor to participate in the same.
11. Increase awareness for women and child development and take concrete actions where necessary.
12. Encourage people to undertake cottageindustries withgood potentials nd facilitate the involvement of disadvantaged and poor people in various income generating activities.

Structure of Union Parishad

Union parishad is the oldest and lowest local govt system. It has been functioning for more than hundred years for the rural development of the country . At preset we have 4498 Union parishad,Union parishads  are run by thedirectly elected representatives. Its roles and representaives are guided by different levels , rules and circulars is from time to time .

Structure:

1. Chairman: There shall be a chairman of Union Parishad directly elected by the voters of the Union.
2. Members: Nine members shall be directly elected from the nine wards constituting the Union.
3. Women members: Three seats shall be reserved for women. Each of the women members shall be directly elected by the male and female voters of three wards within a Union. 
4. Official members: The Block Supervisor ( Directorate of Agriculture ), Health Assistant , Family Planning Assistant, Family Welfare Worker, Ansar/VDP and all other field staff of government departments working at Union level will be the official members of Union Parishad. They will have no voting right .
5. Others members: Representatives of Muktijoddah, Cooperative Societies Disadvantages groups/Professions such as weavers, fishermen. landless workers, destitute women, etc) will be members of Union Parishad without voting right.

Administration In Bangladesh

The overall administration of the country is governed with the aid of civil servants recruited by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.  The ministers/state ministers/deputy ministers are in-charge of the respective ministries/divisions and they remain responsible for conducting the business allocated to the ministries/divisions.  Secretaries and other higher civil servants assist them. 

The ministries perform policy-making functions while the numerous subordinate offices execute policies and decisions at the field levels.   

The country is divided into seven administrative divisions namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur each composed several of districts.  There are 64 districts, which are in turn divided into a number of Upazilas.  There are 485 Upazilas, each of which is divided into unions, mouzas and villages at the lowest tier.

Field Administration:

The field administration has achieved a tangible shape through evolution overtime.  The history dates back to the Mughals and Arians traveled from central Asia and subsequent colonization of the country by the British for about two hundred years.  Despite the handicaps imposed by colonial legacies, our popular governments have ensured a transparent, accountable, pro-people administration outdoing the obsessed bureaucracy of the colonial masters.  Merit, professional excellence and technocratic patronization have replaced age-old remnants of the outdated colonial legacies. 

From field administration perspective, Bangladesh is divided into seven distinct geographical areas called Divisions, which are somewhat akin to the provinces of India and Pakistan.  The Divisions are headed each by a Divisional Commissioner, a highly accomplished senior officer having long field experience, name and fame.  One of the major elements of the charter of duties of the Divisional Commissioner is to monitor, coordinate and supervise the implementations of policy decisions initiated by the government. 

The administrative unit that figures prominent in this country is called District, which is headed by an accomplished professional having long and laudable experience called Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate who is expected to be highly talented and gifted with good leadership quality.  The responsibility is vast and varied.  S/he represents government at the field level, conduct all polls and act as Collector, development co-coordinator, disaster manager, and guardian of criminal administration at the lower level.  S/he is the chief protocol officer representing government ceremonies on behalf of the national government.  To be brief there are little or no activity in the district, which is unrelated to him/her by some way or other. 

The basic unit of administration of the country is locally named as Upazila, which is an integral component of the district and so to say, a district in the miniature form.  Field level functionaries of the development departments operate here at the grass-root level under guidance from the respective functional heads stationed in the districts as coordinated by the UNO (Upazila Nirbahi Officer).  All decisions are discussed and finalized in a forum called Upazila Parishad which is presided over by an elected chairman and assisted by a mid-level seasoned executive of professional excellence-called UNO, who plays a pivotal role in shaping decisions that conform to government policies and cohere to the financial constraints and regulations.  An area covering several square kilometers having several thousand populations is named as Union that is administered by an elected Chairman.  These Chairmen are the dominant and voting members of the Parishad (counseling body) apart from various upazila level functionaries representing respective district counter parts. 

With the policies of the present government for empowerment of women and strengthening local government, Union parishads are increasingly becoming important in terms of micro level policy implementations.  At present attempts are underway to construct Union Parishad Complexes accommodating all union level officials and staff so that implementation and operational modalities could be synchronized