Staff Reporter:
The Local Government Division has removed mayors of the 12 city corporations and appointed adminis-trators for those corporations.
The Administrators were appointed in the vacated positions, said a gazette notification issued by the local government division yesterday.
The notification said, the mayors were removed from their offices as per the section 13(Ka) of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024.
The 12 city corporations are: Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal, Narayanganj, Cumilla, Rangpur, Gazipur and Mymensingh.
In another notification, the Local Government Division also appointed 12 officers as City Corporation Administrators in accordance with section 25(Ka) of the sub clause (1) of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024.
According to the notification, appointed administrators will perform their duties following section 25(Ka) of the sub clause (3) of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024.
It said additional secretary of the Local Government Division Dr Moh Sher Ali was appointed as admin-istrator of Dhaka South City Corporation, while additional secretary (director general) of the Local Gov-ernment Division Md Mahmudul Hasan was appointed as administrator of Dhaka North City Corpora-tion.
Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram will perform his duty as administrator of Chattogram City Cor-poration, Divisional Commissioner of Khulna will discharge duty as Khulna City Corporation Adminis-trator, Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi will perform duty as administrator of Rajshahi City Corpo-ration, Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet will perform duty as administrator of Sylhet City Corpora-tion, Divisional Commissioner of Barisal to discharge duty as Administrator of Barisal City Corporation, additional secretary of the Local Government Division AHM Kamruzzaman was appointed as adminis-trator of Narayanganj Corporation, director general (additional secretary) of Bangladesh Rural Devel-opment Academy (BARD), Cumilla was appointed as administrator of Cumilla City Corporation, Divi-sional Commissioner of Rangpur will perform duty as administrator of Rangpur City Corporation, Divi-sional Commissioner of Dhaka will perform duty as administrator of Gazipur City Corporation and Di-visional Commissioner of Mymensingh will perform duty as administrator of Mymensingh City Corpo-ration.
“The notification issued in public interest will come into immediate effect,” both the notifications read.