The Familiar Architecture of Local Governance in Bangladesh: Can the new cabinet decision improve it?
On August 27, 2026, the Cabinet Division of Bangladesh issued a notification assigning 30 ruling party lawmakers, including ministers and state ministers, supervisory responsibility over all 64 districts of the country. Framed as a mechanism to ensure good governance, curb corruption, control drug trafficking, and implement the government’s election manifesto, the decision has generated immediate…
