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‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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12 YEARS OF TAQI MURDER / AL’s ouster revives hope, but justice still elusive

Exactly 12 years have passed since the killing of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi in Narayanganj, yet justice remains elusive, as the investigating body, Rab, has yet to submit the charge sheet to the court.
5 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Where lives get 're-rolled' into misery

Workers compelled to work in unsafe conditions with low wages
1 May 2024, 06:37 AM
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2014 Narayanganj 7 murder: Justice eludes victim families

Even after a decade into the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj, the families of the victims continue to wait for justice, as the case trial drags on.
27 April 2024, 18:00 PM
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4 suspected robbers beaten to death

Villagers beat four people to death and severely injured another one in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon upazila on Sunday night on suspicion that they were robbers.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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BIWTA fells over 50 trees on Shitalakkhya bank

Environmental activists and Narayanganj city dwellers are concerned as the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has been felling dozens of mature trees on the bank of Shitalakkhya river for a development project.
28 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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97 Ctg candidates won't get their security deposits back

A total of 97 candidates in Chattogram lost their security deposits in the just concluded national election for failing to get one-eighth of the cast votes as per the Election Commission law
8 January 2024, 15:56 PM
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Curiosity saves 19 lives

Like any other day, Md Hasan was sitting inside the sleeper coach of Cox’s Bazar-bound Bengal Paribahan on Friday night, getting ready to check passengers’ tickets.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Curiosity saves 19 lives

Supervisor finds timer IED inside moving bus; informs bomb disposal unit who later defused it
6 January 2024, 15:01 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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