List of city corporations in Bangladesh

There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.[1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. They perform a variety of socio- economic and civic functions.[2]

List of city corporations
City corporation Abbreviation Mayor   Ruling party Cities Division Population 2011[3]
Barishal City Corporation BCC Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah Bangladesh Awami League Barishal Barishal 339,308
Chittagong City Corporation CCC Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Chattogram Chattogram 2,581,643
Comilla City Corporation COCC Arfanul Haque Rifat Comilla 339,133
Dhaka North City Corporation DNCC Atiqul Islam Dhaka Dhaka 2,497,116
Dhaka South City Corporation DSCC Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 6,408,923
Gazipur City Corporation GCC Asadur Rahman Kiron (Acting Mayor) Gazipur 1,199,215
Narayanganj City Corporation NCC Dr Selina Hayat Ivy Narayanganj 1,572,386
Khulna City Corporation KCC Talukder Abdul Khaleque Khulna Khulna 1,500,689
Mymensingh City Corporation MCC Ekramul Haque Titu Mymensingh Mymensingh 476,543
Rajshahi City Corporation RCC A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton Rajshahi Rajshahi 763,952
Rangpur City Corporation RaCC Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa Jatiya Party (Ershad) Rangpur Rangpur 307,053
Sylhet City Corporation SCC Ariful Haque Choudhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party Sylhet Sylhet 526,412

List of current mayors
Political parties
  •   Bangladesh Awami League
  •   Bangladesh Nationalist Party
  •   Jatiya Party (Ershad)
City corporation Portrait Name Took office   Party
Barishal City Corporation Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah 23 October 2018
(4 years, 208 days)		 Bangladesh Awami League
Chittagong City Corporation Rezaul Karim Chowdhury 11 February 2021
(2 years, 97 days)
Comilla City Corporation Arfanul Haque Rifat 5 July 2022
(318 days)
Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam 7 March 2019
(4 years, 73 days)
Dhaka South City Corporation Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 16 May 2020
(3 years, 3 days)
Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman Kiron (In Charge) 25 November 2021
(1 year, 175 days)
Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque 5 May 2018
(5 years, 14 days)
Mymensingh City Corporation Ekramul Haque Titu 16 April 2019
(4 years, 33 days)
Narayanganj City Corporation Dr Selina Hayat Ivy 5 May 2011
(12 years, 14 days)
Rajshahi City Corporation A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton 30 July 2018
(4 years, 293 days)
Rangpur City Corporation Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa 20 December 2017
(5 years, 150 days)		 Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Choudhury 18 September 2013
(9 years, 243 days)		 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
  • DSCC
    DSCC
  • CCC
    CCC
  • RCC
    RCC
  • BCC
    BCC
  • COCC
    COCC
  • KCC
    KCC

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).


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