There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.[1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 7 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 | |
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Barishal | Abul Khair Abdullah | ![]() |
14 November 2023 (215 days) |
Bangladesh Awami League | |
Chittagong | Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | ![]() |
11 February 2021 (3 years, 126 days) |
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Comilla | Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona | ![]() |
4 April 2024 (73 days) |
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North Dhaka | Atiqul Islam | ![]() |
7 March 2019 (5 years, 101 days) |
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South Dhaka | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh | ![]() |
16 May 2020 (4 years, 31 days) |
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Gazipur | Jayeda Khatun | ![]() |
11 September 2023 (279 days) |
Independent | |
Khulna | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | ![]() |
5 May 2018 (6 years, 42 days) |
Bangladesh Awami League | |
Mymensingh | Ekramul Haque Titu | ![]() |
27 May 2019 (5 years, 20 days) |
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Narayanganj | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | ![]() |
5 May 2011 (13 years, 42 days) |
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Rajshahi | A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton | ![]() |
30 July 2018 (5 years, 322 days) |
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Rangpur | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | ![]() |
20 December 2017 (6 years, 179 days) |
Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
Sylhet | Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury | ![]() |
7 November 2023 (222 days) |
Bangladesh Awami League |
List of city corporations
City council
The City Council of Bangladesh is a city corporation's ward representatives who are elected by popular vote and are known as councillors. Councilors carry out the developmental works of their elected wards and perform the functions of local government and assist the City Mayor in all works under the City Corporation and carry out his orders.
Gallery
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DSCC
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CCC
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RCC
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BCC
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COCC
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KCC
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MCC
Former city corporations
- Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Case Studies of Decentralization: Bangladesh" (PDF). Division DU Development.
- ^ "Chapter 4, Urban area report, Housing and Population census 2011" (PDF). BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS (BBS).
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