Editing Dhaka (section)

===Civic administration===
[[File:DG 81 - 09 NAGAR BHABAN ANCIENT DHAKA IMG 1655.jpg|thumb|[[Nagar Bhaban]] is the seat of the [[Dhaka South City Corporation]]]]

====History====
The municipality of Dhaka was founded on 1 August 1864 and upgraded to "[[municipal corporation|Metropolitan]]" status in 1978. In 1983, the [[Dhaka City Corporation]] was created as a self-governing entity to govern Dhaka.<ref name="star052015">{{Cite news |last=Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan |date=8 May 2015 |title=Reminiscing Dhaka's Legacy |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/reminiscing-dhakas-legacy-80994 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030749/http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/reminiscing-dhakas-legacy-80994 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=22 June 2017 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref>

Under a new act in 1993, an election was held in 1994 for the first elected Mayor of Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 November 2010 |title=Mayor Hanif's death anniversary today |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=163943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212231852/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=163943 |archive-date=12 February 2015 |access-date=12 February 2015 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> The Dhaka City Corporation ran the affairs of the city until November 2011.<ref name="sum">{{Cite news |date=12 November 2011 |title=Don't split Dhaka, Khoka urges govt |url=http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-64245 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405174018/http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-64245 |archive-date=5 April 2012 |access-date=12 September 2012 |work=UNBConnect}}</ref>

====Municipal government====
In 2011, [[Dhaka City Corporation]] was split into two separate corporations – [[Dhaka North City Corporation]] and [[Dhaka South City Corporation]] to ensure better civic facilities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hasan Jahid Tusher |date=18 October 2011 |title=Dhaka set to split into two |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=206982 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213005705/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=206982 |archive-date=13 February 2015 |access-date=12 February 2015 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> These two corporations are headed by two mayors, who are elected by direct vote of the citizen for 5 years. The area within city corporations was divided into several wards, each having an elected commissioner. In total, the city has 130 wards and 725 ''[[mohalla]]s''.
* [[Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha|RAJUK]] is responsible for coordinating [[Urban planning|urban development]] in the [[Greater Dhaka]] area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Islam |first=Md Asraful |title=Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rajdhani_Unnayan_Kartripakkha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507105228/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rajdhani_Unnayan_Kartripakkha |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=26 July 2015 |website=Banglapedia}}</ref>
* [[Dhaka Metropolitan Police|DMP]] is responsible for maintaining law and order within the metro area. It was established in 1976. DMP has 56 police stations as administrative units.<ref name="A">{{Cite web |title=History of the DMP |url=http://www.dmp.gov.bd/application/index/page/history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019123329/http://www.dmp.gov.bd/application/index/page/history |archive-date=19 October 2013 |access-date=18 October 2013 |publisher=[[Dhaka Metropolitan Police]]}}</ref><ref name="Z">{{Cite web |title=DMP&nbsp;– New Initiatives |url=http://www.dmp.gov.bd/static/new_initiative.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916060427/http://www.dmp.gov.bd/static/new_initiative.php |archive-date=16 September 2010 |access-date=30 September 2008 |publisher=Dhaka Metropolitan Police}}</ref>