, April 20 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday inaugurated the Bogura City Corporation, upgrading the 150-year-old municipality to city corporation status.

At around 12pm, he unveiled the plaque of Bogura City Corporation, marking its official launch as the 13th city corporation in the country.

The existing city corporations are Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barishal, Sylhet, Narayanganj, Cumilla, Rangpur, Gazipur, and Mymensingh.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Prime Minister said the long-standing demand of people has been fulfilled through the creation of the city corporation."You have had this demand for a long time. Today, with the establishment of the city corporation, that demand has been fulfilled...