Dhaka North City Corporation

Dhaka North City Corporation
ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন

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Predecessor Dhaka City Corporation
Formation 1 December 2011 (2011-12-01)
Type Municipal
Headquarters Nagar Bhaban
Official language
 Bengali
Annisul Huq
Website Dhaka North City Corporation

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is an autonomous body that governs 36 northern wards of Dhaka. It is one of two municipal corporations in Dhaka, the other being Dhaka South City Corporation. Annisul Huq is the current mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation, after being elected in April 2015.[1]

History

Dhaka North City Corporation was established on 29 November 2011. Prior to the establishment of the corporation, this urban area was governed by the former Dhaka City Corporation. The Dhaka City Corporation was dissolved by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November 2011,passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval,[2] making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations.[3] The mayoral elections are non-partisan in nature. The first Dhaka North City Corporation elections were held on the 28th of April 2015, which saw the victory of Annisul Huq in the first political campaign of his career after having achieved critically acclaimed success in the entrepreneurial and developmental sectors of Bangladesh.[1]

Administration

Dhaka North City Corporation consists of 36 wards covering the thanas of Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Pallabi, Adabor, Kafrul, Dhaka Cantonment, Tejgaon, Gulshan, Rampura, Banani, Khilkhet, Lalmatia, Kallanpur, Baridhara, Badda, Uttara, Uttarkhan, Dakkshinkhan & some others.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Annisul, Khokon win Dhaka city polls". The Daily Star. 29 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "President assents DCC split bill". BSS. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "HC to hear plea against DCC appointments Thursday". Retrieved 14 March 2015.

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Coordinates: 23°47′09″N 90°25′00″E / 23.7859°N 90.4168°E / 23.7859; 90.4168

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