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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. 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.

List of city mayors

List of City Corporations

City council

A City Council is the governing body of a city corporations, responsible for making laws, policies and decisions affecting the local community. It is usually made up of elected ward representatives, often called councillors. It is headed by a mayor, who presides councillors.

Gallery

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

Former city corporations

• Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)

See also

• List of municipal corporations in Bangladesh
• List of cities and towns in Bangladesh

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).

v t e Local government in Bangladesh
Ministry of Public Administration Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Divisions	Divisional Commissioner
Districts	Deputy commissioner District Councils
Subdistricts	Subdistrict Executive Officer Subdistrict Councils
Local Councils	Village Councils Town Councils City Councils
Lowest level units	Elective Villages Wards Ceremonial Mouzas Mahallas

v t e Elections to the city corporations of Bangladesh
Dhaka	Unified 1994 2002 Abolished North 2015 2019 2020 South 2015 2020
Barisal	2003 2008 2013 2018
Chittagong	1994 2000 2005 2010 2015 2021
Comilla	2012 2017
Gazipur	2013 2018
Khulna	1994 2002 2008 2013 2018
Mymensingh	2019
Narayanganj	2011 2016 2021
Rajshahi	1994 2002 2008 2013 2018
Rangpur	2012 2017
Sylhet	2003 2008 2013 2018
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