DNCC mayor-elect meets PM

Mayor-elect of Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Gono Bhaban yesterday evening.

The mayor-elect greeted the premier by presenting her with a bouquet.

During the meeting, the prime minister congratulated Atiqul on being elected as the DNCC mayor and wished him success in performing his responsibilities.

AL nominated candidate Atiqul was unofficially elected mayor to the DNCC mayoral by-polls Thursday night.

He secured 8,39,302 votes with Boat symbol while his nearest contestant Shafin Ahmed of Jatiya Party bagged 52,429 votes with Plough symbol.

AL advisory council members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Rashidul Haque, presidium members Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Dr Abdur Razzak and Muhammad Faruk Khan, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, AL Joint Secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Dr Dipu Moni and Abdur Rahman, Organising Secretary Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, Office Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap and Deputy Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua were present at the Gono Bhaban.

Besides, Dhaka North City AL General Secretary Sadek Khan, MP, Abdus Salam Murshedi, MP, FBCCI President Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin and BGMEA President Siddiqur Rahman also were present.