‘My child didn’t even eat her lunch. They killed her’
13-year-old found dead near home in Narayanganj; police suspect rape and murder
22 December 2025, 15:44 PM
22 December 2025, 15:44 PM
‘I kept calling on Allah… Dhaka has never shaken like this’
Residents from Dhaka to Narsingdi recount the moment the ground shook beneath their feet
21 November 2025, 09:06 AM
21 November 2025, 09:06 AM
July fighter Salauddin, who lost sight in one eye in police firing, passes away
Wife says he might have survived if he had received advanced treatment
27 October 2025, 13:47 PM
27 October 2025, 13:47 PM
Frequent gas blasts in N’ganj spark concern
Frequent gas explosions in Narayanganj have sparked concern among residents and civic activists, as the industrial district with its dense housing continues to witness a rise in such incidents.
17 October 2025, 19:52 PM
17 October 2025, 19:52 PM
One year of gazi tyres tragedy: No closure yet for the families
One year after the devastating fire at Gazi Tyres factory in Narayanganj, the fate of at least 182 missing people remains unknown, while their families still await answers from the authorities.
24 August 2025, 18:38 PM
24 August 2025, 18:38 PM
2014 Narayanganj 7 murder: Justice eludes victim families
Three years after the seven-murder incident in Narayanganj, a lower court sentenced 26 people, including a former city councillor and three former Rab officials, to death. The following year, the High Court upheld the death penalty for 15 of them and commuted the sentences for the rest.
27 April 2025, 18:08 PM
27 April 2025, 18:08 PM
Is it game up for the godfather of Narayanganj?
AKM Shamim Osman had turned this traditional commercial hub just outside Dhaka into a lawless city with his reign of terror
2 April 2025, 09:04 AM
2 April 2025, 09:04 AM
Modonpur-Modonganj Road: Tk 54cr road repair fails in months
Barely six months after repairs at a cost of Tk 54 crore, the 11-kilometre Modonpur-Modonganj road in Narayanganj has become dilapidated yet again.
14 March 2025, 21:24 PM
14 March 2025, 21:24 PM
Godnail area in Narayanganj: Filling up a canal for playground
A canal has been filled up with sand in the name of establishing a playground in the Godnail area of Narayanganj City Corporation.
24 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Taps run dry in Narayanganj
Men, women and children holding buckets, pitchers and gallons waiting in a long queue in front of a tap at a local mosque -- this was what this correspondent saw while vising Ekota Road in Baznapara area under Narayanganj City Corporation on Saturday afternoon.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Economic Zone In Narayanganj: Farmers pay the price of development
Nurul Islam used to earn a decent living as a tenant farmer in his village in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila. He also reared cattle and caught fish from small waterbodies to make some money on the side.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Oust-Govt Movement: Family members now face arrests
Soon after the BNP announced its October 28 rally, Salauddin Salo, member secretary of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal’s Narayanganj unit, left his home to avoid arrest.
7 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Train fare goes up, but services fail to keep pace
Schedule disruptions, non-functional fans and lights, and unhygienic toilets are still a common sight for passengers who travel by train on Dhaka-Narayanganj route, although the Bangladesh Railway has recently increased the fare by Tk 5.
5 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Fire At Hashem Foods: Factory owner, his sons not charged
The Criminal Investigation Department of police has submitted the charge sheet in the murder case filed over the July 2021 fire at Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj, which killed 54 people, dropping the names of the company owner and his four sons.
4 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Blast at N'Ganj mill: It ran without valid papers, safety measures
The steel mill factory in Narayanganj where an explosion yesterday left four workers dead and three others injured, had been melting iron for the last six months without approval from authorities, inspection officials said
5 May 2023, 15:13 PM
Narayanganj traders feel the heat of Bangabazar fire
Narayanganj-based clothing traders have also been affected by the recent fire in Bangabazar and are passing days in uncertainty as wholesalers and retailers in the popular market in Dhaka owe a significant amount of money to their suppliers.
13 April 2023, 03:30 AM
Devotees participate in Ashtami Snan ritual
Thousands of Hindu devotees yesterday performed Ashtami Snan, a ritual of bathing in the holy waters of the Brahmaputra at Langalbandh in Narayanganj.
29 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Cops disrupt cultural event over slogan
Organisers of a cultural event in Narayanganj had to cover their banner that read Ekusher Uchcharan, Dur Ho Duhshasan (the pronouncement of 21: get lost, misrule) after police said they would not allow the event to be held with the slogan.
21 February 2023, 18:00 PM
That gun-toting man now AL ward president
Remember Niazul Islam Khan? On January 16, 2018, he was seen with a gun in the open during a clash in Narayanganj city.
4 February 2023, 18:00 PM