Mymensingh Municipality, a town with a 91.315sqk area and population of 4,71,858, has been upgraded as the country’s 12th City Corporation.
National Implementation Committee on Administrative Reforms (Nicar) approved a proposal in this regard at a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office here on Monday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting.
After the meeting, Secretary of the Cabinet Division (Coordination & Reforms) NM Ziaul Alam said the new city corporation will be consisted of Mymensingh Municipality, two complete unions and parts of six unions from the 13 unions of Mymensingh Sadar upazila.
He said the Mymensingh City Corporation has been constituted following the fulfilment of all the eight criteria of forming a city corporation.
