The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The government nominated three-member panels of Mayor for all of the country's six city corporations, as all but one seat of the city fathers have fallen vacant following their detention. "The nominated panel mayors, in absence of the city corporation mayor, will discharge mayoral duties in order of preference," said identical government notifications issued on Monday by order of the President.

The panel members for Dhaka City Corporation are Anwar Hossain Beer Pratik, commissioner of ward 18, Shamsul Huda of ward 29 and Asma Akhter Chaklader of ward 29 (reserved seat).

M Rezaun Nabi (Dudu) of ward 9, M Abdus Samad of ward 30 and Nazma Begum of ward 10 (reserved) are the Mayor panel members for Rajshahi City Corporation.

The mayoral panel for Khulna City Corporation consists of M Moniruzzaman Moni of ward 29, M Anwarul Qader Khokon of ward 18 and Begum Nahid Sultana of ward 1 (reserved).

Sylhet City Corporation panel comprises Azam Khan of ward 27, Advocate Roksana Begum of ward 9 (reserved) and Dinar Khan Hasu of ward 19.

The panel mayors of Chittagong City Corporation are M Manjur Alam of ward 10, Begum Rekha Alam Chowdhury of ward 8 (reserved) and SM Iqbal Hossain of ward 7.

The panel members for Barisal City Corporation are Awlad Hossain Dilu of ward 27, M Nizamul Islam of ward 17 and Ayesha Touhid Luna of ward 4 (reserved).

Mayor of Rajshahi Mizanur Rahman Minu, Shaikh Tayebur Rahman of Khulna, Badruddin Ahmed Kamran of Sylhet, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury of Chittagong and Mojibur Rahman Sarwar of Barisal have been arrested and detained during the ongoing operation by army-led joint forces against serious crime and corruption.

The remaining one, Sadeq Hossain Khoka of Dhaka, has also been put on the list of corruption suspects by the Anti-Corruption Commission under the drive being carried out during the rule of the caretaker government.