| Narayanganj City Corporation নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | City Corporation |
| History | |
| Founded | May 5, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-05) |
| New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
| Mayor | Vacant since 19 August 2024 |
| Administrator | A. H. M. Kamruzzaman since 19 August 2024 |
| Deputy Mayor | Vacant since 19 August 2024 |
| Chief Executive Officer | Mohammad Zakir Hossain since 19 August 2024 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 36 councillors |
| Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| Voting system | First past the post |
| Last election | 16 January 2022 |
| Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
| Nagar Bhaban, Narayanganj | |
| Website | |
| Narayanganj City Corporation | |
Narayanganj City Corporation (Bengali: নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: NCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the Narayanganj, the city of Bangladesh. The NCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 36 councillors. It’s follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
It was formed comprising Narayanganj Town, Siddhirganj Municipal area and Kadamrasul Municipality.
About
NCC is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Narayanganj, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). It consists of 27 wards including 9 reserve seats for women. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation. NCC has a total area of 72.43 square kilometers with approximately has the population of 967,887 people in the city corporation area.
Significant places
- River Shitalakshya
- Shahid Minar
- Freedom Monument
- Ram Krishna Mission
- Narayanganj Club
- Shudijon Pathagar
- Ali Ahmad Chunka Pathagar
- Bibi Marium Majar
- Siddhirganj Power Station
- Narayanganj Silo
- Kumodiny Trust
- Adamjee EPZ
- Sodeejan Pathagar
Services
The NCC Government is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.
| Departments | Services |
|---|---|
| Electricity | Maintenance of road lighting and street lamps. |
| Engineering | Development and renovation of roads, drains, canals, bridges, culverts and footpaths etc. |
| Granting permission to cut roads for laying gas, water lines. | |
| Building Design Approval, Contractor Registration, Contractor Renewal, Land Demarcation Certificate. | |
| Transportation | Emergency transportation and storage of corpses. |
| Construction and monitoring of bus terminal and car parking. | |
| 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 Narayanganj city under Dhaka 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. | |
| 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. |
Antiquities establishment
Annual Budget
Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) has announced a budget of ৳695 crore (US$58 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.
List of mayors
Main article: Mayor of Narayanganj- 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 | 
|
Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy |
|
5 May 2011 | 19 August 2024 | 13 years, 106 days | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| – | A. H. M. Kamruzzaman (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 149 days | Independent | ||
Elections
Election Result 2022
Main article: 2022 Narayanganj City Corporation election| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,59,057 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Taimur Alam Khandaker | 92,562 | N/A | ||
| IAB | Machum Billah | 23,987 | N/A | ||
| Khelafat Majlish | ABM Shirzul Mamun | 10,782 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 66,495 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,90,991 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,17,351 | ||||
| AL hold | |||||
Election Result 2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,75,611 | N/A | |||
| BNP | Sakhawat Hossain Khan | 96,044 | N/A | |||
| Majority | 79,567 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,71,655 | |||||
| Registered electors | 4,84,931 | |||||
| AL gain from Independent | ||||||
Election Result 2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dr. Selina Hayat Ivy | 1,80,048 | N/A | ||
| AL | Shamim Osman | 78,705 | N/A | ||
| BNP | Taimur Alam Khandaker | 7,616 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 1,01,343 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,82,593 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Narayanganj City Corporation | Dhaka Tribune". www.dhakatribune.com. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- "Narayanganj City Corporation". ncc.gov.bd.
- "Ivy becomes first woman mayor". Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- "I'm certain of my victory in Narayanganj election: Ivy". The Business Standard. 14 January 2022.
- "Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Ivy calls on President | Daily Sun |". daily sun. January 2017.
- খবর - নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটির প্রথম মেয়র আইভী. BBC Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 2016-04-10.
External links
| City corporations of Bangladesh | |
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