City Corporation is a local governing body that manages all civic services in metropolitan

cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The city corporation government is elected by popular vote every five years. Each city corporation is headed by a

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, who presides over the councillors. The City Corporations operates under the provisions of . There are 13

city corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ow ...

s in Bangladesh. 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.

List of city mayors

List of City Corporations

City council

A City Council is the

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...

of a

s, 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

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s. It is headed by a

, who presides councillors.

Gallery

File:নগর ভবন Nagar Bhaban.jpg, DSCC File:City corporation building.JPG, CCC File:Rajshahi City Corporation Bhaban 02.jpg, RCC File:Rangpur City Corporation gate night view.jpg, RPCC File:Barisal City Corporation, Bangladesh.jpg, BCC File:Comilla City Corporation 13-01-2018.jpeg, CUCC File:Nagar Bhaban, Khulna.jpg, KCC File:Mymensingh city corporation office.jpg, MCC File:Nagar Bhaban , Gazipur City Corporation.jpg, GCC

Former city corporations

* Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)

Proposed city corporations

* Faridpur City Corporation

References

Bangladesh, Corporations Subdivisions of Bangladesh Bangladesh geography-related lists Local government-related lists {{bangladesh-geo-stub