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17-601: Darasbari Mosque is located in Shibganj Upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District , Bangladesh . It is situated about one kilometer to the south-west Kotwali Gate and about half kilometer to the west of the Choto Sona mosque. According to an inscription, this brick mosque was constructed by the restored Iliyas Shahi sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah , son of Barbak Shah . Presently, the mosque has no roof and has

34-458: A fallen verandah . In size, it is the third largest mosque in the city of Gaur-Lakhnauti after Bara Sona and Guntanta mosque. The ‘Bengali Sultanate Architecture’ is ingredient of this consent. A happy blending of local influences and the Sultanate style express the acquaintance with the people, land, air and water. In another ward Sultans ruled Bengal with elaborate time span. It is known to

51-620: A total area of 525.42 km . There is a land port and border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border at Sonamosjid Shibganj Upazila is bounded by Bholahat Upazila and English Bazar CD Block in Malda district, West Bengal, India on the north, Gomostapur , Nachole and Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazilas on the east, Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila and Raghunathganj II CD Block in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on

68-516: Is subdivided into 9 wards and 31 mahallas . Chairman : Vacant Women Vice Chairman : Vacant Vice Chairman : Vacant Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Irteza Hassan [1] There is a library named Akimuddin Gronthagar at Jaminpur . It contains a philosophy 'knowledge is entry'. The library was established on 4 May 2008. Within a year it worked very good with the students of science. Akimudin Gronthagar arranged three camps to observe

85-553: Is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh , with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authorities and upazila parishads (sub-district council) being the intermediate level. A union council, headed by a chairperson, consists of nine wards . These wards serve the purpose of electing members for general seats, with three additional seats reserved for women, all of which are directly elected. Union councils are formed under

102-634: The 1991 Bangladesh census , Shibganj has a population of 422,347. Males constitute 51.25% of the population, and females 48.75%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 203,072. Shibganj has an average literacy rate of 21.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Shibganj Upazila is divided into Shibganj Municipality and 15 union parishads : Binodpur, Chakkirti, Chhatrajitpur, Daipukuria, Dhainagar, Durlovpur, Ghorapakhia, Kansat , Mobarakpur, Monakasha, Noyalavanga, Panka, Shahbajpur , Shyampur, and Ujirpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 199 mauzas and 407 villages. Shibganj Municipality

119-700: The Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009 . The boundary of each union council is demarcated by the deputy commissioner of the district . Union councils are responsible for various development tasks, including agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, and sanitation. They also oversee administrative duties like birth registration, census activities, and maintaining civil status registers. Additionally, they contribute to maintaining law and order in their areas. As of 2024, there are 4,578 union parishads in Bangladesh. The term union dates back to

136-527: The 1870 British legislation titled the Village Chowkidari Act which established union panchayats for collecting tax to maintain chowkidars (village police) in Bengal. Later the rural layer of the local government became known as union councils. After independence in 1971, the name of the union council was changed to union panchayat and an administrator was appointed to manage the affairs of

153-434: The century's only total Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 . It has more than 500 books and other tools and papers. It has a team led by Jahangir Alam Sur, science writer and enthusiast. The team arranges many program on science. Union parishad Union council ( Bengali : ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ , romanized :  iuniẏana pariṣada ), also known as union parishad , rural council , rural union and simply union ,

170-597: The electoral roll of the respective union or ward. General elections of the union councils are conducted by the Bangladesh Election Commission . Majority members of a union council may bring a motion of no confidence against a member or chairman to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer . Every union parishad is a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property. The functions with which

187-736: The panchayat. In 1973, union panchayat's name reverted to union parishad. A more significant change was brought about in 1976 through the Local Government Ordinance which provided for a union parishad composed of one elected chairman and nine elected members, two nominated women members and two peasant representative members. A major change was initiated through the introduction of the Local Government (Union Parishad) Ordinance in 1983. Under this ordinance, every union council shall have one chairman, nine general members and three women members. The present law dealing with

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204-428: The south and Kaliachak III CD Block, Malda district, on the west. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Shibganj Upazila had 124,899 households and a population of 591,178. 137,004 (23.17%) were under 10 years of age. Shibganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 39.38%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 49,833 (8.43%) lived in urban areas. As of

221-453: The union councils, i.e. Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009 , came into effect on 15 October 2009. There are nine general members and three women members. The chairman and members are elected by direct election on the basis of adult franchise every five years. Three reserved women members, one for each three wards, are also elected by direct election. The chairman and member candidates must be Bangladeshi citizens having their names in

238-422: The union parishads are entrusted by law include the following: Every union council is required to publish a citizen charter describing all the services it provides. The charter includes description, timing, pricing, procedures and the conditions for the services. The remedies for non-compliance with the charter by the council or any individual is also mentioned in the charter itself. Every union parishad has

255-415: The verandah. On the other hand, there are three pointed archways in the southern wall and two in the northern wall. Inside the prayer chamber, there are the remains of a royal gallery to its north-west corner. The qiblah wall contains totally eleven mihrabs (two of these belong to the royal gallery at the upper level). It was ornamented by terracotta plaques. Some terracotta plaques are still visible on

272-595: The western and southern outer wall surface under the cornice. This article about a mosque or other Islamic place of worship in Bangladesh is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj Shibganj ( Bengali : শিবগঞ্জ ) is an upazila of Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi , Bangladesh . Shibganj is located at 24°41′00″N 88°10′00″E  /  24.6833°N 88.1667°E  / 24.6833; 88.1667 . It has 124,899 households and

289-432: The world that Bengal establishes an authentic style of Sultanate architecture in making mosque and tombs. Externally it measures 34m by 20.6m and internally 30.3m by 11.7m. It is built of brick, but the pillars are stone. The roof of the mosque with verandah was covered with 24 domes and 4 chauchala vaults. But at present all have fallen down now. The prayer room is accessed from the east by seven pointed-arch openings from

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