Newly elected Barishal, Khulna, Gazipur city mayors sworn in

Newly elected mayors of three city corporations, Abul Khair Abdullah of Barishal, Talukder Abdul Khaleque of Khulna and Jayeda Khatun of Gazipur, took the oath of office on Monday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony held at the Shapla Hall of her office.

Later, 177 newly elected councillors of general wards and female councillors of the reserved seats of three city corporations were also sworn in at the same venue.

Of them, 40 councillors are from Barishal, 41 from Khulna and 76 from Gazipur city.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam administered the oath to the councillors. Local Government Division Secretary Muhammad Ibrahim conducted the oath-taking ceremony.

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee was present on the dais.

On June 12 last, Awami League mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah (Khokon Serniabat) won the Barishal City Corporation election with 87,807 votes beating his nearest rival Islami Andolon Bangladesh candidate Mufti Syed Mohammad Faizul Karim who bagged only 33,828 votes.

Awami League mayoral candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque won the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election with 1,54,825 votes defeating his nearest rival Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Md Abdul Awal who got 60,064 votes in the polls held on June 12 last.

On May 25, independent candidate Jayeda Khatun won the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls with 2,38,934 votes, defeating her nearest rival Awami League-nominated candidate Azmat Ullah Khan who bagged 2,22,737 votes.

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