Sylhet City Corporation

Sylhet City Corporation (Bengali: সিলেট সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: SCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the Sylhet, the city of Bangladesh. The SCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 56 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.^[1]

Sylhet City Corporation সিলেট সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Emblem of the Sylhet City Corporation
Type
Type	City corporation
History
Founded	July 31, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-31)
New session started	19 August 2024
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant since 19 August 2024
Administrator	Abu Ahmad Siddiqui since 19 August 2024
Deputy Mayor	Vacant since 19 August 2024
Chief Executive Officer	Md. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury since 21 January 2024
Structure
Seats	Vacant seats 56 councillors
Length of term	Up to five years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	12 April 2003
Last election	21 June 2023
Next election	2028
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet
Website
www.scc.gov.bd

About SCC

At the 2022 Bangladesh Population and Housing Census, SCC has a population of 532,426 of whom 275,838 are male and 256,474 are female.^[2]

SCC government is elected by popular vote every 5 years.

Services

The Sylhet City Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

Departments	Services
Electricity	Maintenance of road lighting and street lamps.
Urban Planning and Development	Development and renovation of roads, drains, canals, bridges, culverts and footpaths etc.
	Land development and city beautification.
	Urban expansion and development of planned residential areas.
Engineering	Granting permission to cut roads for laying gas, water lines.
	Building Design Approval, Contractor Registration, Contractor Renewal, Land Demarcation Certificate.
Transportation and Communication	Urban transport system and de-congestion.
	City traffic control and parking management.
	Emergency transportation and storage of corpses.
	Construction and Management of Bus Terminals.
	Road roller hire, provision of ambulance for sick patients.
Waste Management and Cleaning	Solid waste management and street cleaning.
	Clearing drains and eliminating waterlogging.
	Mosquito eradication.
Health	Management of Matrisadan Hospital and General Hospital Charitable Hospital and Homeo Charitable Hospital
	Immunization of mothers and children, deworming and conduct of vitamin A+ campaign under EPI programme.
	Diploma in Midwifery Institute and Management of Health Technology.
Registrar	Registration of births/deaths and issuance of certificates.
	Issuance of nationality, inheritance and character certificates.
Education	Conducting Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools, Furkaniya Madrasas, Sanskrit Tolls and Kindergartens.
	Management of computer institutes and technical training institutes.
	Management of Adult Education and Teacher Training Centres.
	Conducting theater institutes for healthy development in cultural activities.
Water Supply and Sewerage	Water supply and sewerage in Sylhet city under Sylhet WASA.
Revenue	New issue/renewal of trade license, change of name and change of ownership.
	Issuance of holding number, change of number, collection of holding tax and reduction of tax, cancellation of holding name etc.
	Allotment of shops owned by the Corporation, transfer of shops, allotment of market shops, lease of huts, maintenance of fixed assets of the Corporation.
Security and Law and Order	Coordinating with concerned authorities to ensure city security.
	Installing and monitoring CCTV cameras.
Magistracy	Settlement of cases through arbitration and appellate court proceedings.
	Mobile court to conduct anti-adulteration campaign.
Housing and Public Works	Distribution of residential plots and flats to solve the city's housing crisis.
Social Welfare	Celebration of National Days, Annual Donations.
	Construction of children's parks to increase children's recreational facilities.
Environmental Protection	Controlling climate pollution and tackling the effects of climate change.
	Greening and establishing urban gardens and planting trees.

Annual budget

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has announced a budget of ৳925.4 crore (US$76 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.^[3]

Ward and councillor list

#	Ward	Councillor	Party
1	Ward-1	Syed Taufiqul Hadi		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2	Ward-2	Vikram Kar Samrat		Awami League
3	Ward-3	A.K.A. Laik		Awami League
4	Ward-4	Sheikh Tufail Ahmad Shepul		Awami League
5	Ward-5	Rezwan Ahmad		Awami League
6	Ward-6	Farhad Chowdhury Shamim		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
7	Ward-7	Sayeed Mohammad Abdullah		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
8	Ward-8	Jagdish Chandra Das		Awami League
9	Ward-9	Makhlishur Rahman Kamran		Awami League
10	Ward-10	Tarek Uddin Taj		Awami League
11	Ward-11	Abdur Raqib Bablu		Awami League
12	Ward-12	Sikander Ali		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
13	Ward-13	Shantanu Dutta Santu		Awami League
14	Ward-14	Nazrul Islam Mumin		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
15	Ward-15	Saiful Amin Baker		Awami League
16	Ward-16	Abdul Muhit Javed		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
17	Ward-17	Rashed Ahmed		Independent politician
18	Ward-18	A.B.M. Zillur Rahman		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
19	Ward-19	SM Shaukat Amin Tauhid		Independent politician
20	Ward-20	Azadur Rahman		Awami League
21	Ward-21	Abdur Raqib Tuhin		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
22	Ward-22	Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury		Awami League
23	Ward-23	Mostak Ahmad		Awami League
24	Ward-24	Humayun Kabir Suhin		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
25	Ward-25	Takbir Islam Pintu		Awami League
26	Ward-26	Taufiq Bux Lipon		Awami League
27	Ward-27	Abdul Jalil Nazrul		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
28	Ward-28	Raihan Hossain		Independent politician
29	Ward-29	Mazharul Islam Shakeel		Awami League
30	Ward-30	Rakib Khan		Independent politician
31	Ward-31	Nazmul Hossain		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
32	Ward-32	Ruhel Ahmad		Awami League
33	Ward-33	Delwar Hossain Nadeem		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
34	Ward-34	Zainal Abedin		Jamat e Islami
35	Ward-35	Jahangir Alam		Awami League
36	Ward-36	Hiron Mahmud Nipu		Awami League
37	Ward-37	Riaz Mia		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
38	Ward-38	Md. Helal Uddin		Awami League
39	Ward-39	Altaf Hossain Sumon		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
40	Ward-40	Liton Ahmad		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
41	Ward-41	Fakhrul Alam		Awami League
42	Ward-42	Matiur Rahman		Awami League
Reserved Women's Councillor
43	Reserved women's seat-1	Salma Sultana		Awami League
44	Reserved women's seat-2	Kulsuma Begum Popy		Awami League
45	Reserved women's seat-3	Rebekah Begum Renu		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
46	Reserved women's seat-4	Ruhena Khanam Mukta		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
47	Reserved women's seat-5	Shahana Begum Shanu		Independent politician
48	Reserved women's seat-6	Shahanara Begum		Awami League
49	Reserved women's seat-7	Nargis Sultana		Awami League
50	Reserved women's seat-8	Sharmin Akhtar Rumi		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
51	Reserved women's seat-9	Samirun Nesa		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
52	Reserved women's seat-10	Ayesha Khatun Koli		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
53	Reserved women's seat-11	Sajeda Begum		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
54	Reserved women's seat-12	Hajera Begum		Awami League
55	Reserved women's seat-13	Fatema Begum		Bangladesh Nationalist Party
56	Reserved women's seat-14	Babli Akhtar		Bangladesh Nationalist Party

List of mayors

Main article: Mayor of Sylhet

Status

•   Acting Mayor and Administrator

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (1952-2020)	2003 2008	12 April 2003	18 September 2013	10 years, 190 days	Bangladesh Awami League	[4]
2		Ariful Haque Choudhury	2013 2018	18 September 2013	7 November 2023	10 years, 50 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	[5]
3		Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury	2023	7 November 2023	19 August 2024	286 days	Bangladesh Awami League	[6][7]
–		Abu Ahmad Siddiqui (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	156 days	Independent

Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed by vote of councillors. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation.

Serial No.	Post	Name
01	Panel Mayor 1	Vacant
02	Panel Mayor 2	Vacant
03	Panel Mayor 3	Vacant

Elections

Election result 2018

Main article: 2018 Sylhet City Corporation election

Sylhet mayoral election 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ariful Haque Choudhury	92,588
	AL	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran	86,392
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer	10,954
	IAB	Moazzem Hossain	2,195
Majority			6,196
Turnout			2,01,577
Registered electors			3,18,138
	BNP hold

Election result 2013

Sylhet mayoral election 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ariful Haque Choudhury	107,330
	AL	Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran	72,173
Majority			35,157
Turnout			1,79,503
Registered electors			2,91,046
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
2. Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. August 2022. p. 10. ISBN 978-984-35-2977-0.
3. "সিসিকের ৯২৫ কোটি টাকার বাজেট ঘোষণা করলেন মেয়র আরিফ". Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
4. "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
5. "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
6. "Anwaruzzaman takes charge as Sylhet mayor". The Daily Star. 7 November 2023.
7. "দ্বিগুণ ভোটের ব্যবধানে আনোয়ারুজ্জামান মেয়র নির্বাচিত". Sylhetview24.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.