01189pab a2200145 454500008003600000100002800036245005400064362002500118520072100143650004100864650003600905650004200941650003900983773002101022180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTarek Muslehuddin Ahmed  aManagement of municipal authorities in Bangladesh  a(6), Aug 93, p.43-52  aBangladesh inherited its present structure of municipal administration from the British colonial administration. The Paurashavas constitutes an important part of the whole administrative system of government. Realising the importance of urban administration, the government has constituted municipal corporation in four major cities and passed various ordinances and acts in this regard such as the Local Government Ordinance, 1976, the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977, the Dhaka Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1983, the Chittagong Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1982, The Khulna Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1984, the Rajshahi Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1987. These ordinances explain the powers, functions  a Paurashava Management -- Bangladesh  a Local Government -- Bangladesh  a Municipal Corporations -- Bangladesh  aMunicipal Government -- Bangladesh  aUrban Management