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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.
Ward No. 1 Dhaka North City Corporation (Bengali: ওয়ার্ড নং ১, ঢাকা উত্তর সিটি কর্পোরেশন) is an administrative division of Dhaka North City Corporation in zone 1. It's located in Uttara police station of Dhaka City.
The corporation was dissolved by the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill 2011 on 29 November, [1] passed in the Parliament of Bangladesh, and formally ceased to exist on 1 December 2011, following the President's approval, [3] making way for a Dhaka North and a Dhaka South city corporations.
The Mayor of North Dhaka is the highest ranking official of the Dhaka North City Corporation. The Mayor 's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Dhaka north city.
The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka North City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam. However, the results were rejected by the main opposition candidate, Tabith Awal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The City Council of Bangladesh is a city corporation's ward representatives who are elected by popular vote and are known as councillors. Councilors carry out the developmental works of their elected wards and perform the functions of local government and assist the City Mayor in all works under the City Corporation and carry out his orders.
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 ...
In 1983, the Dhaka City Corporation was created as a self-governing entity to govern Dhaka. [141] Under a new act in 1993, an election was held in 1994 for the first elected Mayor of Dhaka. [142] The Dhaka City Corporation ran the affairs of the city until November 2011. [143]