Atiq to take office as DNCC mayor today

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam takes charge of office today while his counterpart for south city corporation Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh will assume office on May 16.

Though the newly-elected mayors and councillors of DNCC and DSCC took oath for office on February 26, they had to wait until completion of the tenures of incumbent mayors.

Both the city corporations will not organise any programme marking the occasion, due to the ongoing shutdown for coronavirus, said officials.

Five-year tenure of the incumbent public representatives of DNCC expires today while that of DSCC on May 16.

Mohammad Zamal Mostafa, panel mayor of DNCC, said he will hand over his mayorship to the elected mayor this afternoon.

Tariq Shikder, media coordinator of the newly-elected DSCC mayor, said the mayorship will be handed over on May 16 as the first board meeting of incumbent Mayor Sayeed Khokon was held on that day five years back.

He said after assuming office, the new mayor will hold a board meeting along with newly-elected councillors soon.

Elections to the DNCC and DSCC were held on February 1.

As the newly-elected mayors had to wait for more than three months to take over duties, senior most panel mayor of DNCC had to perform duties as mayor.

Ward-4 Councillor Mohammad Zamal Mostafa took charge as the senior most councillor of the current three-member mayor panel. Atiqul resigned from his mayoral post on December 30, 2019 to take part in the election.

In DSCC, current Mayor Sayeed Khokon is discharging duties till completion of his five-year tenure. "My tenure will end on May 16 as per the first board meeting; until then, I will continue to discharge my duties as mayor," Khokon said last month.