State Minister for Liberation War Affairs and Dhaka-6 MP Ishraque Hossain has announced that he will contest the mayoral election of Dhaka South City Corporation.

“I will contest the city election from Dhaka South, InshaAllah,” he wrote in a brief Facebook post on Monday.

Ishraque was elected MP from Dhaka-6 in the February 12 national election. He was later appointed State Minister for Liberation War Affairs in the new government.

In the last city corporation election held on February 1, 2020, amid allegations of widespread vote rigging and manipulation, Awami League candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh defeated BNP’s Ishraque Hossain.

Local government elections to be held ‘in due time’: Fakhrul

However, on March 27, 2025, an election tribunal cancelled the result and declared Ishraque the lawful mayor.

But he could not take the oath of office due to legal complications and what he described as non-cooperation from the interim government.

Earlier in the day, the government appointed full-time administrators to six city corporations, including Dhaka North and Dhaka South, until elections are held.

Md. Abdus Salam, a member of the BNP Chairman’s advisory council, has been appointed administrator of Dhaka South City Corporation.

The Election Commission has not yet announced a schedule for the city corporation polls.

 However, Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (Monday) said the local government elections will be held at the “right time”, despite the appointment of administrators to six city corporations.