Khulna City Corporation

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Khulna City Corporation (KCC)
খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
File:Khulna City Corporation Logo.jpg
Logo
Nagar Bhaban, Khulna.jpg
Nagar Bhaban, Seat of Corporation
Formation12 December 1984
TypeMunicipal
HeadquartersKhulna Nagar Bhaban
Official language
Bengali
Talukder Abdul Khaleque
WebsiteKhulna City Corporation

Khulna City Corporation (Bengali: খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), 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 (LGRD). 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 (CMM court) is there.