The Cabinet today approved in principle the draft of the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Act, 2023 keeping a provision to hold election to a city corporation within 90 days instead of 180 days before the expiry of its five-year tenure.

As per the draft law, the election will have to be held within three months before expiry of tenure as it is six months in the existing law, Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain told a press conference at the Secretariat here this afternoon.

Earlier, the Cabinet meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

The cabinet secretary said if the draft law is passed, the city corporation will have to discharge the responsibility of maintaining rainwater drainage system as now city corporations are doing the task through a kind of agreement.

In the draft law, city corporation secretary’s post has been changed to executive officer and the position will be under the position of chief executive officer.

Leave of mayor and councilor has been reduced to one month from three months in a year.

Besides, as per the proposed law, if a ward councilor goes on leave, then a reserve councillor will be brought in charge of the ward.বিস্তারিত