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Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) was the former [1] self-governing corporation [2] that was entrusted with the task of administering the municipal affairs of Dhaka. The incorporated area was divided into several wards. [ 2 ]
The city corporation government is elected by popular vote every five years. Each city corporation is headed by a mayor, who presides over the councillors. The City Corporations operates under the provisions of The City Corporation act, 2009. There are 12 city corporations in Bangladesh. [1] Two of them are present in the capital Dhaka.
Dhaka South City Corporation (Bengali: ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি কর্পোরেশন: in short-DSCC), is a local governing body that administered all civic services in the South City of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DSCC government is elected by popular vote every five years.
There are 330 such municipal corporations in eight divisions of Bangladesh. A municipal corporation serving a town may be called a town council, and a municipal corporation serving a city is styled a city council; these bodies are divided into wards, which are further divided into mauzas and mahallas. Direct elections are held for each ward ...
Nagar Bhaban (Bengali: নগর ভবন) is a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh similar to Town hall that houses the headquarters of Dhaka South City Corporation.The building previously housed the offices of the Dhaka City Corporation prior to the bifurcation of Dhaka as a result of the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Act 2011.
Ward No. 28 Dhaka South City Corporation (Bengali: ২৮ নং ওয়ার্ড, ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি কর্পোরেশন) is an administrative division of Dhaka South City Corporation Ward, which belongs to Zone-3. It was Ward No. 64 of the former Dhaka City Corporation.
In 1983, the Dhaka City Corporation was created as a self-governing entity to govern Dhaka. [142] Under a new act in 1993, an election was held in 1994 for the first elected Mayor of Dhaka. [143] The Dhaka City Corporation ran the affairs of the city until November 2011. [144]
Greater Dhaka (Bengali: বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban centre but also due to massive ...