Khulna City Corporation

Khulna City Corporation (Bengali: খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation in 1984. Current mayor of KCC is Talukder Abdul Khaleque who was advocated by Bangladesh Awami League. Basically, Khulna City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Khulna, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Khluna City Corporation. This election is held in every 5 years. Khulna City Corporation is self-governing organizations, which runs on its own. To take care of legal issues of this corporation, Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM court) is there.

Khulna City Corporation

খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
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Corporation overview
Formed	December 12, 1984; 38 years ago (1984-12-12)
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters	Nagar Bhaban, KD Ghosh Road, Khulna
Corporation executives	Talukder Abdul Khaleque, Mayor Lashkar Tajul Islam, Chief Executive Officer
Parent department	Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Website	khulnacity.portal.gov.bd

History

For the first time Khulna was declared as a Municipality by The Calcutta Gazettee on 8 September 1884. Gagan Chandra Dutta was the first chairman of the Khulna Municipality Board. That time Khulna municipality was consisted with Tootpara, Sheikhpara, Charabati, Helatala and Koyla ghat area.

After Independence of Bangladesh the Municipality renamed as Khulna Pouroshava by Bangladesh Local Council and Municipal Committee (desolation and administration arrangement) order - 1972.

In 1984 Khulna Municipality updated to Khulna Municipal Corporation on the 100th anniversary of the township by the president Hussein Muhammad Ershad.

Wards

Khulna City Corporation consists with 31 wards.

Services

The Khulna City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

• Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
• Solid waste management
• Building and maintenance of roads and streets.
• Street lighting
• Maintenance of parks and open spaces
• Cemeteries and Crematoriums
• Registering of births and deaths
• Conservation of heritage sites
• Disease control, including immunization
• Public municipal schools etc.^[1]

Elections

Election Result 2018

Khulna Mayoral Election 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	1,74,851	57.87
	BNP	Nazrul Islam Monju	1,09,251	32.11
	AL gain from BNP

Election Result 2013

Khulna Mayoral Election 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	1,80,093	54.15
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	1,19,422	33.32
	BNP gain from AL

List of chairman

• Gagan Chandra Dutta (1884)
• Roy Bahadur Mahendra Kumar Ghosh (1928-1948)

List of mayors

Main article: Mayor of Khulna

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office		Tenure	Party	Reference
		Kazi Aminul Haque	–	9 August 1988	9 December 1990	2 years, 77 days	Independent
		A. K. M. Fazlul Haque Miah	–	15 December 1990	22 May 1991	158 days	Independent	^[2]^[failed verification]
		Sheikh Tayebur Rahman (1936–2016)	1994 2002	22 May 1991	29 November 2007	16 years, 191 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	^[3]
		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	–	20 November 2007	15 September 2008	300 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		Talukder Abdul Khaleque	2008	14 September 2008	9 June 2013	4 years, 268 days	Bangladesh Awami League	^[4]
		Azmal Ahmed	–	30 June 2013	23 September 2013	85 days	Bangladesh Awami League
		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	2013	23 September 2013	2 November 2015	2 years, 40 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	^[5]^[6]
		Anisur Rahman Biswas	–	3 November 2015	20 November 2016	1 year, 17 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	–	21 November 2016	19 May 2018	1 year, 179 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
		Talukder Abdul Khaleque	2018	20 May 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 123 days	Bangladesh Awami League	^[7]^[8]

See also

• Khulna Development Authority
• Khulna Metropolitan Police

References

1. . Khula City Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
2. "Administration". khulnacity.org. from the original on 2022-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
3. "I am not afraid, says Khulna mayor Tayebur". The Daily Star. 29 September 2007. from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
4. "AL candidates rule city polls". The Daily Star. 2008-08-05. from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
5. . Khulna News (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
6. খুলনা সিটি মেয়র মনির সুস্থতা কামনায় দোয়া মাহফিল. desherkhobor.net (in Bengali). from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
7. "Khalek resigns as MP to contest Khulna city polls". Prothomalo. from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
8. "Khaleque Wins". 16 May 2018. from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

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