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Dhaka North City Corporation ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Emblem of the Dhaka North City Corporation
Type
Type	City Corporation
History
Founded	1 December 2011; 13 years ago (2011-12-01)
Preceded by	Dhaka City Corporation
New session started	19 August 2024
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant since 19th August 2024
Administrator	Mohammed Mahmudul Hassan since 20 August 2024
Deputy Mayor	Vacant since 22 September 2018
Chief Executive Officer	Mir Khairul Alam since 2 January 2024
Structure
Seats	Vacant seats 72 councillors
Length of term	Up to five years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	30 April 2015
Last election	1 February 2020
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
Nagar Bhaban, 1212, Gulshan Center Point, Dhaka
Website
www.dncc.gov.bd

Dhaka North City Corporation (Bengali: ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন: in short-DNCC), is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the North City of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DNCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 72 councillors. The city corporation operates under the provisions of The City Corporation act, 2009.

In 2022, the total population under the jurisdiction of the Dhaka North City Corporation was 59,90,723, which has given the city area a density of 30,531 per kilometer. Annisul Huq was the first mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation, after being elected in April 2015.

History

Dhaka North City Corporation was established on 29 November 2011. Prior to the establishment of the corporation, northern Dhaka was governed by the former Dhaka City Corporation. The Dhaka City Corporation was dissolved by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November 2011, passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval, making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations. The mayoral elections are non-partisan in nature. The first Dhaka North City Corporation elections were held on 28 April 2015, which saw the victory of Annisul Huq in the first political campaign of his career.

On 9 May 2016, the government approved the expansion of Dhaka North City Corporation's jurisdiction to encompass eight unions: Beraid, Badda, Vatara (or Bhatara), Satarkul, Harirampur, Uttarkhan, Dakshinkhan, and Dumni. This extension increased the area of the city corporation to 197 square kilometres (76 sq mi).

In November 2017, Mayor Huq died on a trip to London, while visiting his daughter. In September previously, the local government ministry announced the creation of a panel of three senior elected councilors who will act as joint mayor while he was hospitalised. In February 2019, Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was elected as the new mayor of DNCC in a by-election.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, DNCC had 59,90,723 population living in 16,36,924 households. Among them, 57,50,463 were Muslims, 1,84,881 were Hindus, 44,965 were Christians, 9,068 were Buddhists and 1,346 were Others, including Tribal faiths. There were 15,724 ethnic populations including males and females. DNCC had a sex ratio of 120.21 indicating that there were 120 males for every 100 females.

Administration

Dhaka North City Corporation's jurisdiction encompasses 54 wards covering the thanas of Turag, Uttara West, Uttara East, Uttarkhan, Dakshinkhan, Bimanbandar, Khilkhet, Vatara, Badda, Rampura, Hatirjheel, Tejgaon I/A, Tejgaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Mohammadpur, Adabor, Darussalam, Mirpur, Pallabi, Rupnagar, Shah Ali, Kafrul, Bhashantek, Cantonment, Banani and Gulshan.

Services

The DNCC 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.
• Determining and granting citizenship
• Issuing identity documents
• Mosquito eradication
• Preserving the traditional place.
• Disease control, immunization.
• Establishment of city corporation schools and colleges.

Annual Budget

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has announced a ৳5594 crore (US$470 million) budget for fiscal year of 2024–25.

Awards

• National ICT Award, 2017

List of mayors

•   Acting Mayor or Administrator

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Annisul Huq (1952–2017)	2015	7 May 2015	30 November 2017	2 years, 207 days	Bangladesh Awami League
—		Osman Goni (1949–2018)	—	1 December 2017	22 September 2018	295 days	Bangladesh Awami League
—		Md. Jamal Mostafa	—	22 September 2018	6 March 2019	165 days	Bangladesh Awami League
2		Atiqul Islam	2019 2020	7 March 2019	19 August 2024	5 years, 298 days	Bangladesh Awami League
–		Mohammed Mahmudul Hassan (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	133 days	Independent

Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor (also known as Panel mayor) is a second-ranking official of city corporation. 3 Panel mayors are appointed from the council member to assist the mayor through voting. The 1st panel mayor with the highest number of votes is appointed as deputy mayor or acting mayor. In the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor controls all functions of the City Corporation. Other 2 Panel mayors also assist mayor and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the DNCC.

Elections

Election result 2020

Election Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	Percentage	+/-
	Atiqul Islam	Bangladesh Awami League	4,47,211	58.67	-30.83
	Tabith Awal	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	2,64,161	34.66	New
	Sheikh Fazle Bari Masoud	Islami Andolan Bangladesh	28,200	3.70	1.64
	Ahammed Sajedul	Communist Party of Bangladesh	15,122	1.98	New
	Shahin Khan	National People's Party	3,853	0.51	-0.44
	Anisur Rahman Dewan	Progressive Democratic Party	2,111	0.28	-0.64
Rejected Ballot			1,530	0.20	-1.79
Majority			1,83,050	24.02	-59.42
Turnout			7,62,188	25.30	-5.75
Total Registered Voters			30,12,509		0.76
	AL Hold		Swing	-32.745

Election result 2015

See also

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Upazila

References

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External links

• Official website

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• City Corporations of Bangladesh
• Government of Dhaka