Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) is a self-governing body that governs the municipal areas of Mymensingh. The MCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 44 councillors.
Mymensingh City Corporation ময়মনসিংহ সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | April 2, 2018 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Mokhtar Ahmed since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Yusuf Ali since 8 January 2022 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 1 mayor and 44 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 8 May 2019 |
Last election | 9 March 2024 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Nagar Bhaban, Mymensingh | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Mymensingh City Corporation is the municipal corporation of the city of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The city is located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Dhaka, the capital of the country.[1]
About MCC
editMymensingh Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation, the country's 12th, on 2 April 2018 at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms (NICAR), after satisfying all eight criteria for forming a city corporation.[2] At the time, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) NM Ziaul Alam declared that the new city corporation would consist of Mymensingh Municipality, two whole union parishads, and parts of six others, out of the thirteen union parishads of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. Mymensingh Municipality had an estimated 2018 population of 471,858 in an area of 91.315 square kilometres (35.257 sq mi).[3]
History
editIn September 2011, the Mymensingh Zila Nagorik Andolon campaigned to turn Mymensingh into the divisional capital and a city corporation.[4][5] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to turn Mymensingh into a city corporation in January 2013.[6] Mymensingh city was made the capital of the newly formed Mymensingh division, which was the 8th division of Bangladesh.[7][8] On 20 November 2017 the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation decided to make Mymensingh into a city corporation.[9][10][11]
Services
editThe MCC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
- Evict illegal installations.
- Purify and supply water.
- Treat and dispose of contaminated water and sewage.
- Eliminate waterlogging.
- Solid waste management and street cleaning.
- Management of the hospital and dispensary.
- Construction and maintenance of roads.
- Installation of electric street lights.
- Establish car parking.
- Maintenance of parks and playgrounds.
- Maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums.
- Preparation of birth and death registration certificates.
- Preserving the traditional place.
- Disease control, immunization.
- Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.
Budget
editMymensingh City Corporation (MCC) has announced a budget of ৳572.11 crore (US$48 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.
List of mayors
edit- 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 | 
|
Ekramul Haque Titu | 2019 2024 |
27 May 2019 | 19 August 2024[12] | 5 years, 84 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [13][14] |
| – | Umme Salma Tanzia (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | 8 November 2024 | 96 days | Independent | ||
| – | Md. Mokhtar Ahmed (Administrator) |
– | 9 November 2024 | Incumbent | 14 days | Independent | ||
Deputy mayor
editThe 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 |
References
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- ^ "Mymensingh municipality elevated to city corporation". bdnews24.com. 2 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04.
- ^ "Mymensingh municipality now a city corporation". Dhaka Tribune. 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Agitation in Mymensingh". The Daily Star. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Rail, road barricade in Mymensingh to press for 10-pt demand". The Daily Star. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh to be City Corp". bdnews24.com. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh declared 8th division". Business News 24 BD. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh now a division". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Mymensingh Municipality to turn into city corporation". bdnews24.com. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "Govt to create 10 police stations, another upazila". The Daily Star. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "AL to warm up with 7 city polls". The Daily Star. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "এবার ঢাকা উত্তর ও দক্ষিণসহ ১২ সিটি করপোরেশনের মেয়রকে অপসারণ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19.
- ^ "First M'singh city mayor Ekramul Haque Titu". banglanews24. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Ekramul Haque Titu re-elected Mymensingh mayor". The Daily Star. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.