Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday administered the oath of office to newly‐elected Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haq Sakku.

Sakku was sworn in at a simple ceremony at the Prime Minister’s office, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said after the event.

Local Government Division Secretary Abdul Malek conducted the function. LGRD Minister Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, PM’s Advisers HT Imam and Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and MPs elected from Comilla were present.

Sakku was reelected Comilla city mayor on 30 March this year.