List of city corporations in Bangladesh

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 13 city corporations in Bangladesh.^[1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka. One each is present in the other 8 divisional cities, with 4 others. They perform a variety of socio-economic and civic functions.^[2]

List of city mayors

City	Name	Portrait	Took office (tenure length)	Party
Barishal	Divisional Commissioner of Barishal		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Chittagong	Dr. Shahadat Hossain		3 November 2024		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Comilla	Director General of BARD		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
North Dhaka	Director General of LGD		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
South Dhaka	Ishraque Hossain		27 March 2025		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Gazipur	Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Khulna	Divisional Commissioner of Khulna		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Mymensingh	Divisional Commissioner of Mymensingh		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Narayanganj	Addl. Secretary of LGD		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Rajshahi	Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Rangpur	Divisional Commissioner of Rangpur		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government
Sylhet	Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet		19 August 2024		Administrator of Interim government

List of City Corporations

City corporation	Abbreviation	Mayor	Rulling Party		Cities	Division	Area (km2)	Population 2022[3]	Website
Barishal City Corporation	BCC	Administrator		Interim	Barishal	Barishal	58	419,351	bcc.gov.bd
Bogura City Corporation	BGCC	Administrator		Interim	Bogra	Rajshahi	69.56	486,000	bgcc.gov.bd
Chattogram City Corporation	CCC	Dr. Shahadat Hossain		Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Chattogram	Chattogram	160.99	3,227,246	ccc.gov.bd
Cumilla City Corporation	CUCC	Administrator		Interim	Comilla		53.04	439,414	cocc.gov.bd
Dhaka North City Corporation	DNCC	Administrator		Interim	Dhaka	Dhaka	196.22	5,979,537	dncc.gov.bd
Dhaka South City Corporation	DSCC	Administrator		Interim			109.25	4,299,345	dscc.gov.bd
Gazipur City Corporation	GCC	Administrator		Interim	Gazipur		329.53	2,674,697	gcc.gov.bd
Narayanganj City Corporation	NCC	Administrator		Interim	Narayanganj		72.43	967,724	ncc.gov.bd
Khulna City Corporation	KCC	Administrator		Interim	Khulna	Khulna	91.315	718,735	kcc.gov.bd
Mymensingh City Corporation	MCC	Administrator		Interim	Mymensingh	Mymensingh	91.06	471,858	mcc.gov.bd
Rajshahi City Corporation	RCC	Administrator		Interim	Rajshahi	Rajshahi	96.72	552,791	rcc.gov.bd
Rangpur City Corporation	RPCC	Administrator		Interim	Rangpur	Rangpur	203.63	708,384	rpcc.gov.bd
Sylhet City Corporation	SCC	Administrator		Interim	Sylhet	Sylhet	79.50	532,426	scc.gov.bd

City council

A City Council is the governing body of a city corporations, which makes laws, policies, decisions affecting the local community and conducts all civic services. It is usually made up of elected ward representatives, often called councillors. It is headed by a mayor, who presides councillors.

City Council of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের সিটি কাউন্সিল
Type
Type	City Corporation
Structure
Seats	Vacant seats 640 City Council Seats of 12 City Corporations
Length of term	Up to five years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post

Gallery

• 
  DSCC
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  CCC
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  RCC
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  RPCC
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  BCC
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  CUCC
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  KCC
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  MCC
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  GCC

Former city corporations

• Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)

Proposed city corporations

• Faridpur City Corporation
• Jashore City Corporation
• Cox's Bazar City Corporation

See also

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