List of forms of government
19-435: The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (Bangabandhu-1) is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite . It is named after the first president of Bangladesh , Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman . It was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and launched on 12 May 2018 from Kennedy Space Center , USA. The satellite was the first payload launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle . With
38-498: A $ 188.7 million loan from HSBC Holdings plc . The satellite carries a total of 40 Ku-band and C-band transponders with a capacity of 1600 megahertz and a predicted life span to exceed 15 years. Bangabandhu Satellite-1 was launched at 20:14 UTC on 12 May 2018, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center , USA . It was the first payload to be launched using the new SpaceX Block 5 model of
57-544: Is Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury , who was presiding over the tenth, eleventh and twelfth arliament. She is the first woman to have held this office. At the local government level, the country is divided into divisions , districts , subdistricts ( Upazila ), unions , and villages. The lowest level of local government representative are Local officials of union council those who are elected at the union level election. All larger administrative units are run by members of
76-536: Is at Betbunia, Rangamati The first test signal after launch was received by the operators on 12 May 2018. Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( Bengali : গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — Gôṇôprôjātôntrī bānglādēsh shôrkār ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh . The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising
95-621: Is ceremonially appointed by the President, commanding the confidence of the majority of the MPs. The cabinet is composed of selected ministers . The Prime Minister exercises supreme power in Bangladesh. The executive administrates the country and executes the laws, passed by the legislature. It maintains the internal law and order in the country. It also maintains relationship with foreign countries. It works for defence, liberty and sovereignty of
114-437: Is handed over to members of a civil society for three months, who run the general elections and transfer the power to elected representatives. This system was first practiced in 1991 and adopted to the constitution in 1996. As head of the state, the president can grant pardon to a man sentenced to death penalty or lessen the punishment. In some cases, it also performs some legislative and judicial functions. The Prime Minister
133-480: Is the commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces . The president is elected by the legislature every five years and has normally limited powers that are substantially expanded during the tenure of a caretaker government , mainly in controlling the transition to a new government. Bangladesh has instituted a unique system of transfer of power; at the end of the tenure of the government, power
152-507: Is the parliament of Bangladesh. The Speaker presides over meetings of the Jatiya Sangsad and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. The current Jatiya Sangsad contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women and 300 seats for elected members, which are apportioned on elected party position in the parliament. The twelfth national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. The recently resigned speaker
171-514: The Napoleonic Wars , and to the world through the vast French colonial empire . Unitary states stand in contrast to federations , also known as federal states . A large majority of the UN member countries , 166 out of 193, have a unitary system of government, while significant population and land mass is under some kind of federation. A unitary system of government can be considered to be
190-526: The Victory day of Bangladesh . Following the lack of firm guarantee from Arianespace for that date, BTRC instead chose the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The satellite is now located at the 119.1° East longitude geostationary slot. Bangabandhu-1 was designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space . The total cost of the satellite was projected to be 248 million US dollars in 2015 (Tk 19.51 billion), financed via
209-597: The central government may alter the statute, to override the decisions of devolved governments or expand their powers. The modern unitary state concept originated in France ; in the aftermath of the Hundred Years' War , national feelings that emerged from the war unified France. The war accelerated the process of transforming France from a feudal monarchy to a unitary state. The French then later spread unitary states by conquests , throughout Europe during and after
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#1732783738145228-489: The civil service. Unitary state A unitary state is a state or sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create or abolish administrative divisions (sub-national or sub state units). Such units exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. Although political power may be delegated through devolution to regional or local governments by statute ,
247-547: The country. The executive calculates the income and expenditure of the government. It also performs various public welfare services such as; education , agriculture , establishment of industry , trade & commerce, land reform, tax and revenue collection. Beside this, it also accepts and implements various development projects. The legislature of Bangladesh is unicameral . Called the Jatiya Sangsad in Bengali, it
266-541: The executive (the president , prime minister and cabinet ), the legislature (the Jatiya Sangsad ), and the judiciary (the Supreme Court ). Bangladesh is a unitary state and the central government has the authority to govern over the entirety of the nation. The seat of the government is located in Dhaka , the capital of Bangladesh . The executive government is led by the prime minister , who selects all
285-415: The launch, Bangladesh became the 57th country to independently operate a satellite in space. The project is being implemented by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in 2008 working hand-in-hand with US-based Space Partnership International, LLC. The government-owned Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, BSCL (Formerly known as Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited, BCSCL)
304-510: The opposite of federalism . In federations, the provincial/regional governments share powers with the central government as equal actors through a written constitution , to which the consent of both is required to make amendments. This means that the sub-national units have a right to existence and powers that cannot be unilaterally changed by the central government. Italics : States with limited recognition from other sovereign states or intergovernmental organizations . The United Kingdom
323-595: The remaining ministers. The prime minister and the other most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet . After the resignation of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, the current interim government is led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus . The President is the Head of State , a largely ceremonial post. The real power is held by the prime minister , who is the head of government . The President
342-494: The rocket. The satellite was originally planned to launch on 10 May 2018, however the rocket triggered an automatic abort as it entered the startup phase of terminal count at T-58 seconds. The rocket launch was pushed back 24 hours, and it was finally launched on 11 May 2018. The satellite uses ground control stations built by Thales Alenia Space with its partner Spectra primary ground station in Gazipur . Secondary ground station
361-575: Was formed with the aim of operating the satellite. The satellite expands Ku-band and C-band coverage over all of Bangladesh and its nearby waters including the Bay of Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, eastern Indian states (West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh ) and Indonesia. Bangabandhu-1 was initially planned to be launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA rocket on 16 December 2017 to celebrate
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