and exercise power over local government. It is encouraging that government has taken initiatives of training program for UNO, chairmen and vice-chairmen of UPZ Parishad. It is fact that Upazila Parishad Act (24th Act of 1998) and other necessary laws were enacted to establish UPZ, but in practice it was not satisfactory. Though recently elections were completed in the Union parishad and Upazila Parishad the two levels are still ineffective. The Government officials, representative of local government and local government bodies were not performing their duties properly during the last two years. Jahangir Kabir, Local Government Minister told that the government was interested to strengthen the power of UP.1 He also added that the government has plans to introduce Gram Parishad at village level and it would be a mini-parliament. Recently, after eleven years, according to the Zila Parishad Amendment Act 2000 the structure of Zila Parishad is formulated. Gram Adatat (Cour) Act (Amendment) has been passed in the cabinet.