For the seventh consecutive day, BNP leader Engineer Ishraq Hossain’s supporters are still protesting at Nagar Bhaban today, demanding that he be sworn in as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).<\/p>\n
They held processions inside and outside Nagar Bhaban after 10 am on Wednesday (May 21).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the order is scheduled to be given at noon after hearing the writ petition filed seeking directions not to administer oath to BNP leader Ishraq Hossain as DSCC mayor.<\/p>\n
A bench of Justice Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury will give the order on Wednesday (May 21).<\/p>\n
The same bench fixed the date after hearing on Tuesday (May 20) afternoon. Advocate Mohammad Hossain heard the petition. Deputy Attorney General Mahfuzur Rahman Milon heard for the state and Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon heard for Ishraq.<\/p>\n
On May 14, a writ petition was filed in the High Court seeking directions not to administer oath to BNP leader Ishraq Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation. Along with this, the writ also sought directions to take punitive action against the First Joint District Judge of Dhaka and the Election Tribunal judge who declared BNP Foreign Affairs Committee member Ishraq Hossain as the mayor.<\/p>\n
The writ was filed in the relevant branch of the High Court by Dhaka South City Corporation resident Md. Mamunur Rashid. The petitioner’s lawyer is Kazi Akbar Ali.<\/p>\n
The Dhaka South City Corporation elections were held on February 1, 2020. Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh of the Awami League became the mayor, defeating BNP’s Ishraq Hossain by a margin of 2.5 million votes. On March 27, BNP leader Ishraq was declared the mayor by the First Joint District Judge of Dhaka and the Election Tribunal judge Md. Nurul Islam. After receiving a copy of the tribunal’s verdict, the constitutional body sought the advice of the Law Ministry on publishing the gazette on April 22. Then, on April 27, the Election Commission-EC published the gazette declaring Ishraq Hossain as the new mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). Meanwhile, a sit-in program has been held in front of the city hall for several days demanding Ishraq’s appointment as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the seventh consecutive day, BNP leader Engineer Ishraq Hossain’s supporters are still protesting at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-21T115632.872-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28953,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=28953&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":0},"title":"Ishraq’s new instructions to leaders and activists","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"May 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BNP leader Ishraq Hossain has instructed his leaders and activists not to leave the streets until he is sworn in as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). He gave such instructions in a post on his verified Facebook account on Wednesday (May 21). In the post, Ishraq said,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T104832.914-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T104832.914-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T104832.914-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T104832.914-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T104832.914-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30910,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=30910&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":1},"title":"Ishraq’s supporters again take up position in front of Nagar Bhaban","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"June 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BNP leader Ishraq Hossain's supporters have taken up position in front of Nagar Bhaban again, demanding that he be made the mayor of Dhaka South City (DSCC). His supporters are holding a sit-in program in front of Nagar Bhaban on Monday (June 15) morning. Along with this, Ishraq's followers also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T123358.591-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T123358.591-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T123358.591-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T123358.591-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T123358.591-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28512,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=28512&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":2},"title":"Blockade of Nagar Bhaban in South, Demand Asif Mahmud’s Resignation","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"May 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Supporters of BNP leader Ishraq Hossain are holding a blockade of Nagar Bhaban in South Dhaka. The protesters said that the program will continue if Ishraq Hossain is not given the responsibility of the post of mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) through oath-taking. They also demanded the resignation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-19T152906.787-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-19T152906.787-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-19T152906.787-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-19T152906.787-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-19T152906.787-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30736,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=30736&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":3},"title":"Ishraq supporters protest again over oath issue","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"June 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"His supporters have staged a protest rally in front of the Dhaka South City Corporation's Nagar Bhaban demanding Ishraq Hossain's oath as mayor. BNP leader Ishraq Hossain has called on the chief advisor to take responsibility and resolve the crisis. He made this call while joining the protest program on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T034022.217-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T034022.217-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T034022.217-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T034022.217-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-16T034022.217-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32190,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=32190&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":4},"title":"Horrific attack on Ishraq supporters at Nagar Bhaban","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"June 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"There have been allegations that outsiders have carried out a horrific attack on Dhaka residents protesting at the Nagar Bhaban of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) demanding that BNP leader Ishraq Hossain be made mayor. It is learnt that outsiders suddenly attacked the protesters who had gathered at Nagar Bhaban\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T162248.782-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T162248.782-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T162248.782-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T162248.782-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-24T162248.782-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29051,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=29051&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":28802,"position":5},"title":"BNP leaders and activists stand at Kakrail intersection soaked in rain","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"May 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BNP leaders and activists of its affiliated organizations continued their sit-in program despite the rain today, demanding that BNP leader Ishraq Hossain be made the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). Since Thursday (May 22) morning and despite the rain, leaders and activists were seen taking a stand at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=274&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T151129.961.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T151129.961.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T151129.961.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T151129.961.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-22T151129.961.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28804,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28802\/revisions\/28804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}