Rajshahi Development Authority

Rajshahi Development Authority (Bengali: রাজশাহী উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ) is a Bangladesh government development authority under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works responsible for the development of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Md. Anwar Hussain ^[1] is the current Chairperson of the Rajshahi Development Authority.^[2]

Rajshahi Development Authority

রাজশাহী উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ
Rajshahi Development Authority Building
Agency overview
Formed	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Superseding agency	Development of Rajshahi
Jurisdiction	Rajshahi
Headquarters	RDA Bhaban, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Agency executive	S. M. Tuhinur Alam, Chairman
Parent department	Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Parent agency	Government of Bangladesh
Website	rda.rajshahidiv.gov.bd

History

Established in 1825, Rajshahi became a town in 1876. In 1876 Rajshahi Pourashava was established and it was upgraded as Rajshahi City Corporation in 1987. With the demand of time, a medical college, engineering and other universities, Radio Centre, airport and many other important establishment were founded in the city. As a result, in many ways importance of the city increased and the city grew in an unplanned way. Therefore, to ensure the city growth and development in a planned and sustainable way, Rajshahi Town Development Authority was established in October 1976 by Ordinance no. 78.^[3] The authority announced a Master Plan in 2015 for Rajshahi City covering the next 20 years.^[4] In 2019, Rajshahi Development Authority announced 11 development projects with a combined budget of 107 billion taka.^[5]