Bangladesh Secretariat

Bangladesh Secretariat
বাংলাদেশ সচিবালয়
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Entrance of the secretariat building
General information
Type	Government building
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Address	Abdul Gani Road, Segunbagicha
Coordinates	23°43′44″N 90°24′31″E / 23.7288°N 90.4086°E / 23.7288; 90.4086
Construction started	1947
Completed	1969
Owner	Government of Bangladesh
Other information
Public transit access	MRT Line 6  Bangladesh Secretariat

The Bangladesh Secretariat, also known as Bangladesh Sachibalaya or Old Secretariat, is the administrative headquarters of the Government of Bangladesh, and houses the majority of ministries and government agencies and bodies.^[1] The secretariat can refer to the complex of ministries, or refer to the Bangladesh Civil Service central administration. Its political heads are the ministers while the administrative heads are the Secretaries to the Government. It is located in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka in the neighbourhood of Segunbagicha in the thana of Shahbagh. The Secretariat complex was originally constructed as the Secretariat of East Pakistan.^[2]