This paper explores key issues and challenges in governance relation to gender in Bangladesh. It discusses the concepts of development, gender, governance, gender mainstreaming, sameness, difference or transforma-tion. This paper is based on the redistribution and recognition model provided by Nancy Fraser to understand key issues and dilemmas of governance in Bangladesh relation to Gender. Result of the research, will be able to get an understanding of actual barriers that exists in the society. Initiatives taken by government, NGOs, civil society can build policies that would ensure gender equality, thereby equal empowerment, elimination of discrimination, violence against women (?) and eventually the overall development of the country. This research will therefore add for the body of literature, which looks to develop new and strengthen old strategies to achieving gender equality in governance by bridging the gap between theory and practice to enhance entitlements, capabilities of women in our country.