Khulna City Corporation


Khulna City Corporation, 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. 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 is there.

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 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.

Departments

Gagan Chandra Dutta
Roy Bahadur Mahendra Kumar Ghosh

List of mayors