84pc people want independent Local Govt Commission: survey

84pc people want independent Local Govt Commission: survey

About 84 percent of the people want an independent and strong Local Government Commission to be formed through enactment of a new law aiming to strengthen the country local government system, a household survey revealed.
It showed that about 71 percent think that elections should not be held to local government bodies with symbols of political parties, while 24 percent think that local government polls should be held with party symbols.
As per the request of the Local Government Reform Commission, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the survey in January 2025 covering 46,080 households in rural and urban areas in 64 districts of the country.
The findings of the survey were disclosed in a report of the Local Government Reform Commission.