{{Short description|Executive office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Cabinet Division of the People's Republic of Bangladesh | nativename_a = {{lang|bn| গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ}} | seal = Cabinet Division.svg | seal_width = | seal_caption = [[Crest (heraldry)|Crest]] of Cabinet Division | formed = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|br=y|1991|10|19}} | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = | headquarters = Building No. 1, Room No. 301 [[Bangladesh Secretariat]], [[Dhaka]]-1000. | employees = | budget = {{BDTConvert|122|c|1k=yes}} (2024-2025) | minister_type = [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] | minister1_name = [[Tarique Rahman]] | minister1_pfo = [[Chairman]] | chief1_name = [[Nasimul Gani]] | chief1_position = [[Cabinet Secretary (Bangladesh)|Cabinet Secretary]] | chief2_name = Md. Kamal Hossain | chief2_position = [[Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh|Secretary]], (Coordination & Reforms) | parent_agency = | child_agency = | website = {{URL| https://cabinet.gov.bd/}} | footnotes = }}
The '''Cabinet Division''' ({{langx|bn|মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ}}) is the executive office of the [[Prime minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]. As a division of the [[Government of Bangladesh]], the office is responsible for the executive administration of the government and facilitating smooth transaction of business in the [[Cabinet of Bangladesh|Cabinet]]. The division assists in decision-making in government by ensuring inter-ministerial coordination, ironing out differences amongst ministries/departments and evolving consensus through the instrumentality of the standing/ad hoc committees of secretaries. The [[Cabinet Secretary (Bangladesh)|Cabinet Secretary]], assisted by seven Additional Secretaries, heads the Cabinet Division under the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] as the minister in-charge.
== History == In 1972, the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs was created to provide secretarial assistance to the government of Bangladesh. After 1975, it was placed under President's Office.
After 1991, the presidential system of government by Act of Parliament was abolished, and by October 1991, Cabinet Division was formed as a full-fledged administrative unit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/499a436c-e2a0-4026-aeed-961101ad6b8c/History-&-Functions |title=History and Functions |website=Cabinet Division}}</ref>
== Functions== The Cabinet Division is responsible for writing and maintaining the ''Secretariat Instructions''.<ref name="Murphy2006" /> This document outlines how ministries and divisions should interact with each other.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zafarullah |first1=Habib |editor1-last=Riaz |editor1-first=Ali |editor1-link=Ali Riaz |editor2-last=Sajjadur Rahman |editor2-first=Mohammad |year=2020 |chapter=Public Administration and Bureaucracy |title=Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh |publisher=[[Routledge]] |pages=96, 98 |isbn=978-0-367-58165-7}}</ref> Its purpose is "to ensure uniformity and efficiency in the observance of administrative practices and procedures". It supplements the ''Rules of Business'', and all business of government is to be transacted in accordance with these two instruments. The secretary (the senior civil servant) in each ministry and division is responsible for ensuring the ''Secretariat Instructions'' are followed.<ref name="Murphy2006">{{cite journal |last1=Murphy |first1=Gavin |title=How Legislation is Drafted and Enacted in Bangladesh |journal=Statute Law Review |date=1 August 2006 |volume=27 |issue=3 |page=136 |doi=10.1093/slr/hml006}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Bangladesh}} * [[Cabinet of Bangladesh]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Ministries of Bangladesh}}
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