100 injured as RMG workers, police clash in Narayanganj
At least 100 people were injured in a clash between garment workers and police on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bhulta of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj on Wednesday...
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Thousands join traditional holy bath in Narayanganj
Thousands of pilgrims from home and abroad joined Mahatirtha Snanotsabh, a traditional holy bath of Hindus, at Brahmaputra River at three kilometre-long holy pilgrimage site of Langalband in Narayanganj early hours of Saturday...
Legal reform to recognise male rape needed
THE recent event in Narayanganj, in which a 20-year-old man was allegedly raped and a sodomy charge was filed instead, demonstrates a fundamental weakness in Bangladesh鈥檚 legal structure. The country鈥檚 rape laws, as specified in Section 375 of the Penal Code of 1860, only recognise rape as an act committed by a man against a woman, effectively removing male...
JCD activist stabbed to death in Narayanganj
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was stabbed to death in Narayanganj鈥檚 Chashara Balurmat area on Monday...
Eight people sustain burns in N鈥檊anj gas explosion
Eight people, including four children, sustained severe burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj early Monday.
Narayanganj鈥檚 waste woes
The Narayanganj City Corporation, which governs Siddhirganj, sadar and Bandar, is responsible for nearly two million residents across 27 wards within a 72.43-square kilometre area. Managing civic services for such a large and densely populated city is a formidable challenge that requires strategic planning and efficient execution. While various developmental...
N鈥檊anj court places ex-law minister Anisul on 3-day remand
A Narayanganj court on Wednesday placed the former law minister Anisul Huq on a three-day remand in a murder case...
We鈥檒l break pens supporting fascism: Hasnat
Hasnat Abdullah, convenor of the anti-discrimination student movement, reaffirmed their firm stance against media outlets that support fascism...
Former-NCC councilor, his son arrested in Dhaka
A former councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation and his son were arrested in Bashundhara Residential area in the capital on early Monday...
Ex-SI placed on 5-day remand in murder case
A Narayanganj court on Monday placed Mahfuzur Rahman Konok, a former detective branch sub-inspector, on five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal activist Shaon in the district....
Teenager stabbed to death during New Year celebrations
A teenager was stabbed to death and two of his friends were injured in a clash allegedly over previous enmity during New Year celebrations at Fatulla in Narayanganj early Wednesday....
6 killed in road accidents in 2 dists
At least six people, including a pedestrian, were killed and six other were injured in separate road accidents in Narayanganj and Rajshahi on Wednesday...
Man suspected as robber dies in mass beating 聽
A man suspected to be a robber was beaten to death on Thursday night by villagers in Highjadi union of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj....
Another body found in Purbachal Lake
Yet another body of a teenager was recovered from a lake in Purbachal of Narayanganj鈥檚 Rupganj on Wednesday, just a day after the body of a college student was recovered from the same location...
AIUB student stabbed by muggers dies
A second-year student of American International University-Bangladesh who was stabbed by muggers in Narayanganj, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday night...
Five arrested over attack on coordinators鈥� car
Five suspects were arrested between Monday and Tuesday, in connection with an alleged robbery and attack on the vehicle carrying eight student leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination in Narayanganj鈥檚 Sonargaon upazila...
Student movement leaders鈥� vehicle attacked by muggers
A microbus carrying eight leaders of the Student Movement Against Discrimination was allegedly attacked by muggers on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj鈥檚 Sonargaon upazila early Monday, police said...
Titas cuts illegal gas connections in Keraniganj, Narayanganj
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in several drives has cut illegal gas connections at Keraniganj in Dhaka and in Narayanganj, said a press release on Wednesday...
11 workers injured in N鈥檊anj factory explosions
At least 11 workers were burnt following an explosion and subsequent fire in an aerosol and air freshener factory of Bashundhara Group at Meghnaghat in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday morning...
Fire breaks out in Narayanganj warehouse
A fire broke out in the warehouse of a tissue manufacturing factory in Meghnaghat area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj early Monday.
Fire at Fresh tissue warehouse in N鈥檊anj under control
A fire that broke out in the warehouse of a tissue manufacturing factory in Meghnaghat, of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj on early Monday, was brought under control after nearly four hours of frantic efforts, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence...
Man鈥檚 body recovered from roadside in N鈥檊anj
Police recovered the body of a 52-year-old man from the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in Fatullah of Narayanganj on Saturday...
Businessman found murdered in city
The police on Thursday identified the dismembered body found wrapped in polythene at Rupganj in Narayanganj as dyeing businessman Jasim Uddin Masum...
Sakhawat for ensuring better working environment in shipbuilding industry
Shipping, labour and employment adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain on Wednesday laid emphasis on ensuring better working environment for the workers engaged in the country鈥檚 shipbuilding industry as he visited Karnaphuli Shipyard in Narayanganj port...
Travel ban imposed on ex-NCC mayor Ivy
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation Selina Hayat Ivy over allegations of corruption..
One more N鈥檊anj blast victim dies at hospital
Another person who suffered burn injuries following a blast from accumulated gas at a house at Dahargaon in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district, died on Thursday, raising the death toll to four...
Two N鈥檊anj blast victims die at hospital
Two people who suffered burn injuries in a blast from accumulated gas from a leaked gas cylinder at a house in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district on October 25, died while...
Hit with bullet, dead in custody
Md Mamun, a security guard, was shot at in the chest on a road near his workplace in Narayanganj at 4:00am on July 22 during the curfew imposed to quell student protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations...
Six people sustain burn injuries in N鈥檊anj gas cylinder explosion
Six garment workers, including three women, were burnt as a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Dahargaon area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj early Saturday...
Hasina, 35 others sued in murder case in N鈥檊anj
A murder case was filed against 36 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister Obaidul Quader, former MP AKM Shamim Osman, for killing a person named Badiuzzaman during the anti-discrimination student movement in Chashara area of Narayanganj...