bdnews24.com :The court has appointed Councillor Asadur Rahman Kiron to discharge the duties of Gazipur City Mayor.Incumbent Mayor MA Mannan is currently in jail in an arson case.Kiron, a councillor from Ward No. 43, officially took charge on Sunday.A provision allows the panel mayor to be appointed as an acting mayor in the absence of the regular Mayor. But legal complexities over the panel mayors’ election delayed the process.City corporation’s Executive Engineer Md Mujibur Rahman Kajol said the local administration division on March 5 issued an order making Kiron the acting mayor as per a High Court decision.
