Ministry of Public Administration
Profile
- Head
- Md Abdul Bari
- Role
- State Minister
- Annual budget
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- Staff
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- Established
- 1971
- Legal basis
- Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 55; Rules of Business 1996; Bangladesh Civil Service (Composition, Cadres and Seniority) Rules 2015
Executing a dense reform agenda: issuing DC postings across all 64 districts, administering 45th and 46th BCS appointment gazettes, implementing the 9th Pay Commission's new salary structure (minimum Tk 20,000, maximum Tk 160,000), and operationalising Public Administration Reform Commission recommendations including a proposed shift to 'Bangladesh Administrative Service' branding and Superior Executive Service for secretariat postings.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment Md Abdul Bari (BNP MP, Joypurhat-2) sworn in as State Minister for Public Administration in PM Tarique Rahman's 49-member cabinet; no full minister assigned to the portfolio. ↗↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Ahsanul Haq (formerly senior secretary, Road Transport and Highways Division) confirmed as senior secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration; the post had been vacant following transfer of Md Mokhlesur Rahman to the Planning Commission. ↗↗
- 2026-03-01 appointment Local Government Division secretary Rezaul Maksud Jahedi removed from post and attached to the Ministry of Public Administration as part of a top-bureaucracy reshuffle; 12 ministries received new secretaries in the same round. ↗↗
- 2026-03-15 reform MOPA issued notifications appointing new DCs in 23 districts simultaneously, including the landmark appointment of Farida Khanam as DC of Dhaka -- the first woman to hold that post. ↗↗
- 2026-04-01 appointment MOPA transferred 20 additional secretaries across ministries as part of a spring administrative reshuffle aimed at strengthening departmental capacity. ↗
- 2026-04-15 reform 45th BCS final results (1,807 candidates recommended for cadre posts) processed through MOPA for gazette notification and formal appointment orders; non-cadre component (545 candidates) separately notified. ↗↗
- 2026-04-20 reform Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) -- reporting to MoPA -- published its one-year reform report to UNDP, highlighting clearance of examination backlog, completion of two special BCS cycles in roughly three months each, and an 80 percent reduction in examination costs; application fee cut from Tk 700 to Tk 200. ↗↗
- 2026-05-01 reform Government began implementing 9th National Pay Commission recommendations -- partial rollout from January 2026 for 15 lakh government employees; full implementation targeted for July 1, 2026 (FY2026-27); Tk 35,000 crore earmarked in FY2025-26 budget for the partial phase. MoPA is the lead ministry for administering the new pay scales across cadres. ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
No full minister assigned to MoPA in the Tarique Rahman cabinet (sworn in 2026-02-17); Md Abdul Bari (State Minister, Joypurhat-2) is the most senior political head. Senior Secretary Ahsanul Haq is the administrative head. The ministry has no published standalone annual budget figure in Bangladesh's budget documents; the 10.2% public administration share in the FY2025-26 national budget (Tk 7,90,000 crore) covers the entire sector, not MoPA alone, so annual_budget_bdt is left null. The BPSC, though supervised by MoPA, is a constitutional body under Article 137-141 and maintains separate autonomous status. The Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC) submitted its report on 2025-02-05 with 200+ recommendations; key ones include renaming BCS Administration Cadre as 'Bangladesh Administrative Service', creating a Superior Executive Service (SES) for secretariat postings with 50% quota from admin cadre and 50% from other services, reducing ministries from 43 to 25, and separating BCS Education and Health from the cadre system. Implementation is in early stages as of May 2026. Verification: all named officials, dates, and figures cross-checked across 2+ independent primary sources (The Daily Star, BSS, Dhaka Tribune, Prothom Alo, UNDP, TBS News).
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