Gopalganj (Bengali: গোপালগঞ্জ জেলা) is a district (zilla in Bengali) in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh. The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj
Gopalganj is subdivided into five subdistricts (upazila/thana).
The district is the political bastion of the Awami League. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, hailed from the village of Tungipara in the district. Sheikh Mujib's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani had also been elected to parliament from Gopalganj-2 constituency. Both were brutally assassinated on August 15, 1975.
Sheikh Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has been elected four times as the member of the parliament (MP) from Gopalganj-3 constituency and twice as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Her cousin and Sheikh Mani's brother, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim has been elected four times as the MP from Gopalganj-2 constituency.
Recently Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gopalganj has constructed
a webportal of the district as www.gopalganj.gov.bd under Access to
Information program of the Prime Minister's Office. This has been done
under the Digital Bangladesh implementation concept of the incumbent government.
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