Gazipur
Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur.
Demogra ...
City Corporation ( bn, গাজীপুর সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: GCC) established in 2013, is one of the city corporations of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. Gazipur City Corporation's total area is 329.23 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 4,000,000 people in the city corporation area. As of 2018, Gazipur City Corporation had 1.1 million voters.
Mayor of Gazipur
Elections
Election Result 2018
Election Result 2013
Important establishments
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Islamic University of Technology
Islamic University of Technology ( bn, ইসলামিক ইউনিভার্সিটি অব টেকনোলজি), commonly known as IUT, is an international university located in Gazipur, Bangladesh. IUT offers undergraduate ...
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(BSMRAU)
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Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute () is an agricultural research institute in Bangladesh, located in Gazipur
Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industri ...
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Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
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(DUET)
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Rani Bilashmoni Govt. Boys' High School
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Seed Certification Agency (SCA)
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National Agricultural Training Academy (NATA)
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Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
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Shahid Tazuddin Ahmed Medical College
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Joydebpur Govt. Girls' High School
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Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. University College
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National University
A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state.
Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...
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Bangladesh Open University
The Bangladesh Open University ( bn, বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) or BOU is a public university with its main campus in Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division. It is the 8t ...
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Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd. (BMTF)
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Security Printing Press Ltd.
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Bangladesh Ordinance Factory(BOF)
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Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd.
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Ansar Academy
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Bangabandhu Safari Park
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Hi-tech Park
High technology (high tech), also known as advanced technology (advanced tech) or exotechnology, is technology that is at the cutting edge: the highest form of technology available. It can be defined as either the most complex or the newest te ...
Corruption allegation against officials
In May 2019 at a press briefing, the acting mayor
Jahangir Alam revealed that 14 employees of Gazipur City Corporation got show cause notice over corruption and irregularity charges. In July same year in another press briefing, mayor Jahangir said that among the 14 accused employees, 6 had been suspended, 3 had been temporarily suspended and the remaining 5 had been served show-cause notices for alleged corruption.
Murder of Engineer Delwoar
On May 11, 2020 Delwoar Hossain, the executive engineer of Gazipur City Corporation was murdered allegedly by his colleague. The investigation agency and Delwoar's family suspects that the motive behind Delwoar's murder was corruption.
Police has arrested Anisur Rahman Selim, an assistant engineer of Gazipur City Corporation as a suspect of the murder case. Mayor
Jahangir Alam told the ''
Prothom Alo
''The Daily Prothom Alo'' ( bn, প্রথম আলো) is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to National Media Survey 2018, conducte ...
'' that he knew about the corruption of Selim but never took any measures against him.
References
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City Corporations of Bangladesh
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