City Corporation is a local governing body that manages all civic services in metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. The city corporation government is elected by popular vote every five years. Each city corporation is headed by a mayor, who presides over the councillors. The City Corporations operates under the provisions of The City Corporation act, 2009. There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.[1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 8 divisional cities, with 3 others. They perform a variety of socio-economic and civic functions.[2]

List of city mayors

City Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Party
Barishal Divisional Commissioner of Barishal 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Chittagong Dr. Shahadat Hossain 3 November 2024 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Comilla Director General of BARD 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
North Dhaka Director General of LGD 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
South Dhaka Addl. Secretary of LGD 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Gazipur Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Khulna Divisional Commissioner of

Khulna

19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Mymensingh Divisional Commissioner of Mymensingh 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Narayanganj Addl. Secretary of LGD 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Rangpur Divisional Commissioner of Rangpur 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government
Sylhet Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet 19 August 2024 Administrator of Interim government

List of City Corporations

City corporation Abbreviation Mayor Rulling Party Cities Division Area (km2) Population 2022[3] Website
Barishal City Corporation BCC Administrator Interim Barishal Barishal 58 419,351 bcc.gov.bd
Chattogram City Corporation CCC Dr. Shahadat Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chattogram Chattogram 160.99 3,227,246 ccc.gov.bd
Comilla City Corporation COCC Administrator Interim Comilla 53.04 439,414 cocc.gov.bd
Dhaka North City Corporation DNCC Administrator Interim Dhaka Dhaka 196.22 5,979,537 dncc.gov.bd
Dhaka South City Corporation DSCC Administrator Interim 109.25 4,299,345 dscc.gov.bd
Gazipur City Corporation GCC Administrator Interim Gazipur 329.53 2,674,697 gcc.gov.bd
Narayanganj City Corporation NCC Administrator Interim Narayanganj 72.43 967,724 ncc.gov.bd
Khulna City Corporation KCC Administrator Interim Khulna Khulna 91.315 718,735 kcc.gov.bd
Mymensingh City Corporation MCC Administrator Interim Mymensingh Mymensingh 45.65 576,722 mcc.gov.bd
Rajshahi City Corporation RCC Administrator Interim Rajshahi Rajshahi 96.72 552,791 rcc.gov.bd
Rangpur City Corporation RPCC Administrator Interim Rangpur Rangpur 203.63 708,384 rpcc.gov.bd
Sylhet City Corporation SCC Administrator Interim Sylhet Sylhet 79.50 532,426 scc.gov.bd

City council

A City Council is the governing body of a city corporations, which makes laws, policies, decisions affecting the local community and conducts all civic services. It is usually made up of elected ward representatives, often called councillors. It is headed by a mayor, who presides councillors.

  • DSCC
    DSCC
  • CCC
    CCC
  • RCC
    RCC
  • BCC
    BCC
  • COCC
    COCC
  • KCC
    KCC
  • MCC
    MCC
  • GCC
    GCC

Former city corporations

See also

References

  1. ^ Muzzini, Elisa; Aparicio, Gabriela (2013). Bangladesh: The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-8213-9865-4.
  2. ^ "Case Studies of Decentralization: Bangladesh" (PDF). Division DU Development.
  3. ^ "Chapter 4, Urban area report, Housing and Population census 2011" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau Of Statistics (BBS).


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Corporations_in_Bangladesh
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