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Ministry of Land

ministry · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Head
Md. Mizanur Rahman Minu
Role
Minister
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Established
1971
Legal basis
Established 1971 as Ministry of Land Administration and Land Reforms under the Provisional Government of Bangladesh; renamed Ministry of Land in 1987; operates under Rules of Business of the Government of Bangladesh. Key legislation: State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950 (as amended), Land Reform Ordinance 1984, Land Reforms Board Act 1989, Land Appeal Board Act 1989, Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Act 2026.

Executing a dual reform agenda: (1) legislative -- Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Act 2026 enacted April 9 to freeze conversion of prime agricultural land; (2) administrative -- mandatory e-mutation, online khajna, Land Service Facilitation Centres, and 24/7 hotline 16122 to dismantle brokerage and corruption in land offices; khas land distribution to verified landless families underway through District Commissioners.

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Provenance & notes

Leadership correction from user brief: Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin holds dual portfolio Land + CHT Affairs as State Minister, but the full Minister for Land is Md. Mizanur Rahman Minu (MP Rajshahi-2, BNP), sworn in Feb 17, 2026. Helal Uddin was initially assigned CHT Affairs only; he received Land as additional charge after Barrister Kayser Kamal (original State Minister for Land) was elected Deputy Speaker on March 12, 2026 and resigned from cabinet to maintain parliamentary neutrality. Mir Helal's constituency is Chattogram-5 (Hathazari), not Chittagong-5; constituency renaming is official. Ministry established 1971 as Ministry of Land Administration and Land Reforms; renamed Ministry of Land in 1987 per Wikipedia and Banglapedia. Annual budget figure left null: ministry-specific FY2025-26 line-item not found in publicly available summary documents; source PDF at mof.portal.gov.bd (Chapter-36 Land) exists but was not directly accessible. The Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Act 2026 is the most significant legislative event of the current ministry -- converts the interim government's 2025 ordinance into permanent law. E-mutation portal: mutation.land.gov.bd. Land records portal: land.gov.bd.

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