Newly elected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Dr Selina Hayat Ivy, 36 councillors, including nine councillors of reserved seats, were sworn in on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined it from her official residence Ganobhaban. Hasina administered oath to mayor Dr Selina Hayat Ivy, while LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam administered oath to 27 councillors and nine councillors of reserved seats being present in-person at the ceremony. Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy was elected mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation for the third consecutive term in an election held on January 16. She beat her nearest rival Taimur Alam Khondker by 66,535 votes. READ: NCC Polls: Ivy rewrites history with a hat-trick Ivy, who contested the election with the symbol of "Boat", secured 1,59,097 votes to win the election against independent candidate Taimur Alam, who bagged 92,166 votes with the symbol of "Elephant". READ: ‘Boat will surely win,’ says Ivy         

Awami League mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy on Sunday created history as she unofficially won the high-voltage Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election for a record-breaking third time in a row. Ivy, also the country’s first female city mayor, secured a landslide victory by defeating independent mayoral candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker with a margin of 69, 102 votes. She bagged 1,61,273 votes while her nearest contestant Taimur Alam polled 92, 171. Read:NCC polls: Voting ends peacefully, counting begins Returning officer Mahfuza Akter announced the results when the vote counting completed. With the latest victory, Ivy is the first city mayor to win the polls for the third consecutive term. Out of the 7 mayoral candidates, Ivy contested the election with the "Boat" symbol while Taimur Alam with “Elephant” symbol.