[2] At the time, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) NM Ziaul Alam declared that the new city corporation would consist of Mymensingh Municipality, two whole union parishads, and parts of six others, out of the thirteen union parishads of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila.

Mymensingh Municipality had an estimated 2018 population of 471,858 in an area of 91.315 square kilometres (35.257 sq mi).

[4][5] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to turn Mymensingh into a city corporation in January 2013.

[7][8] On 20 November 2017 the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation decided to make Mymensingh into a city corporation.

Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) has announced a budget of ৳572.11 crore (US$47 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.