Barishal City Corporation বরিশাল সিটি কর্পোরেশন | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 25, 2002 |
New session started | 19 August 2024 |
| Leadership | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Shaukat Ali since 19 August 2024 | |
Vacant since 19 August 2024 | |
Md. Israel Hossain since 5 October 2023 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | Vacant seats 40 councillors |
Length of term | Up to five years |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
First election | 24 April 2003 |
Last election | 12 June 2023 |
Next election | TBD |
| Meeting place | |
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| Nagar Bhaban, Barishal | |
| Website | |
| barishalcity.gov.bd | |
Barishal City Corporation (Bengali: বরিশাল সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: BCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the Barishal, the city of Bangladesh. The BCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 40 councillors. It follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.
The corporation covers an area of over 58 square kilometers in the Barisal district where over five million people live as permanent residents. The body was known as Barisal Municipality previously, until it obtained the city corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 25 July 2002.