Narayanganj City corporation (Extinct Narayanganj Municipality) was a traditional municipality of the subcontinent. In 1766, Bikan Lal Pandey (who was known as Benu Thakur or Laksmi Narayan Thakur Pandey) from East India Company, took several mouzas.Later in the place Narayanganj Nagar was established . Narayanganj municipality was constituted on 8 September 1876 to control an area of 4.5 square miles with a population of 27,876. It had 12 commissioners, 4 nominated and 8 elected which included the town's important jute merchants, one of whom was always the chairman in the past. Narayanganj Municipality gained fame as a "Model Municipality " in the then Bengal Province. On 30 September 1931, Narayanganj municipality introduced electricity to Narayanganj town with the help of Chittagong Electricity Supply Co. Prior to this, city lights were based on kerosene. Narayanganj Municipality, situated on the bank of the Shitalakshya river, has been playing an important role in business trade for more than a hundred years and the capital is known as "The gateway of Dhaka". In the British period, Narayanganj has become a busiest port of trade because of the smooth flow of Shitalakshya river and improved communication system. Once the steamer service was started from Narayanganj river port and all trains from other parts of the country were left from Narayanganj. Improved communication system with road, train and steamer service makes Narayanganj city famous for jute trade. For this reason, Narayanganj was dubbed as a "Dandee of the East". In the adjacent densely populated industrial area, the city is still making important contributions to the economy of the country as a commercial port city.
In 1876, the British government appointed H T Wilson as the first chairman of the Narayanganj Municipality. Mr. Syed Mohammad Maleh was elected the first Bengali chairman of Narayanganj Municipality in 1951. After the independence of the country, Ali Ahmad Chunka, a popular labour leader, won a landslide victory in chairman poll which was held in 1974. In fact, his first and foremost work as chairman was to provide city infrastructure development and improvement of basic services for the city dwellers. Five years later in 1977 he was er-elected chairman of Narayanganj Municipality. Because of his sincerity and responsibility in the development of the city of Narayanganj, Narayanganj was elected as the chairman of the municipality for the second time. Later Mr. Nazim Uddin Mahmud served as Chairman of Narayanganj Municipality for four years. Then there was no elected representative in Narayanganj municipality for 16 years (1988-2003). At that time Narayanganj municipality was administered by the administrator.
Later, in 2003, the chairman election was held in Narayanganj municipality. Late Ali Ahmad Chunker's worthy daughter. Dr. Salina Hayat Ivy won the municipal election in 2003 and took change as Mayor (Chairman renamed Mayor in 2008) of Narayanganj Municipality till 2011.
On May 05, 2011, the government established Narayanganj City Corporation with a total of 72.43 sq km area with the powers given in Rule 6 of the establishment of Local Government (City Corporation) Rules, 2010, by combining three municipalities, Narayanganj, Siddhirganj and Kadamrasul respectively.
Narayanganj City Corporation's first City Election held in 2011 Dr. Salina Hayat Ivy was first elected Mayor of the city. Later, the Mayor Elected for the 3rd consecutive term in the 2nd City Election held in 2016. He is currently serving as Mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation.
