Khulna City Corporation
Khulna City Corporation খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | December 12, 1984 |
| Preceded by | Khulna Municipality |
New session started | 11 October 2023 (Oath taken on 3 July 2023) |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Mayor | SM Rafiuddin Ahmed, AL since 3 November 2023 |
Lashkar Tajul Islam since 6 April 2023 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 1 mayor and 41 councillors |
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Political groups | Majority (39)
Minority (2)
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 12 June 2023 |
Next election | June 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, KD Ghosh Road, Khulna | |
| Website | |
| khulnacity.portal.gov.bd | |
Khulna City Corporation (Bengali: খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation in 1984. Current mayor of KCC is Talukder Abdul Khaleque who was advocated by Bangladesh Awami League. Basically, Khulna City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Khulna, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Khluna City Corporation. This election is held in every 5 years. Khulna City Corporation is self-governing organizations, which runs on its own. To take care of legal issues of this corporation, Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM court) is there.
History
For the first time Khulna was declared as a Municipality by The Calcutta Gazettee on 8 September 1884. Gagan Chandra Dutta was the first chairman of the Khulna Municipality Board. That time Khulna municipality was consisted with Tootpara, Sheikhpara, Charabati, Helatala and Koyla ghat area.
After Independence of Bangladesh the Municipality renamed as Khulna Pouroshava by Bangladesh Local Council and Municipal Committee (desolation and administration arrangement) order - 1972.
In 1984 Khulna Municipality updated to Khulna Municipal Corporation on the 100th anniversary of the township by the president Hussein Muhammad Ershad.
Wards & Area
Khulna City Corporation consists with 31 wards. The area of the city corporation is 45.65 square Kilometers.
Population
The population of the city corporation as per 2022 census is 718,735. It is the third largest city corporation of Bangladesh in terms of total population.
Services
The Khulna City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
- Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
- Solid waste management
- Building and maintenance of roads and streets.
- Street lighting
- Maintenance of parks and open spaces
- Cemeteries and Crematoriums
- Registering of births and deaths
- Conservation of heritage sites
- Disease control, including immunization
- Public municipal schools etc.[1]
Elections
Election Result 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 1,74,851 | 57.87 | |||
| BNP | Nazrul Islam Monju | 1,09,251 | 32.11 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Election Result 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni | 1,80,093 | 54.15 | |||
| AL | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 1,19,422 | 33.32 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
List of chairman
- Gagan Chandra Dutta (1884)
- Roy Bahadur Mahendra Kumar Ghosh (1928-1948)
List of mayors
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| — | Kazi Aminul Haque | — | 9 August 1988 | 9 December 1990 | 2 years, 77 days | Independent | ||
| — | A. K. M. Fazlul Haque Miah | — | 15 December 1990 | 22 May 1991 | 158 days | Independent | [2][failed verification] | |
| 1 | Sheikh Tayebur Rahman (1936–2016) |
|
22 May 1991 | 29 November 2007 | 16 years, 191 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3] | |
| 2 | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni | – | 20 November 2007 | 15 September 2008 | 300 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| 3 | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 2008 | 14 September 2008 | 9 June 2013 | 4 years, 268 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [4] | |
| — | Azmal Ahmed | — | 30 June 2013 | 23 September 2013 | 85 days | Bangladesh Awami League | ||
| 4 | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni | 2013 | 23 September 2013 | 2 November 2015 | 2 years, 40 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [5][6] | |
| — | Anisur Rahman Biswas | — | 3 November 2015 | 20 November 2016 | 1 year, 17 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| 4 | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni | — | 21 November 2016 | 19 May 2018 | 1 year, 179 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | ||
| 5 | Talukder Abdul Khaleque | 20 May 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 339 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [7][8] | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Administration". Khula City Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Administration". khulnacity.org. Archived from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "I am not afraid, says Khulna mayor Tayebur". The Daily Star. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "AL candidates rule city polls". The Daily Star. 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ কেসিসি নির্বাচনে মনিরুজ্জামান মনির প্রতি খুলনা বিএনপির পূর্ণ সমর্থন. Khulna News (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ খুলনা সিটি মেয়র মনির সুস্থতা কামনায় দোয়া মাহফিল. desherkhobor.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ "Khalek resigns as MP to contest Khulna city polls". Prothomalo. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "Khaleque Wins". 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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