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Local government adviser AF Hassan Ariff administers the oath to Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Shahadat Hossain as new Chattogram city mayor at the ministry in Dhaka on Sunday. | Press release photo

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Dr Shahadat Hossain took oath as the new mayor of Chattogram City Corporation on Sunday.

Local government, rural development and cooperative adviser AF Hassan Ariff administered the swearing-in ceremony at the secretariat’s Local Government Division conference room in Dhaka, said a press release.


The standing committee member of BNP Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, its spokesperson and standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim, among others, were present on the occasion.

Congratulating the CCC mayor, Hassan Ariff said that Shahadat Hossain would play a role in building a discrimination-free country.

If the infrastructure of Chattogram city can be developed, the country will move forward, said Shahadat Hossain. ‘For this, I request everyone’s cooperation. Green City, Clean City, Healthy City are my election manifestos. I will try my best to implement the election manifesto.’