Narayanganj

Feeling adventurous? Explore the beauty of Shapla Beels — Your Instagram will thank you!

Seeking a break from the mundane routine or simply craving a treat for your eyes? Now is the perfect time to visit your nearest shapla beel. Around this time of the year, the water lilies or shapla bloom beautifully across ponds, lakes, and other water bodies. While they can be seen across many places in the country, some spots stand out for their unmatched beauty.

Nachiketa on visiting Bangladesh amid curfew

Bangladesh recently witnessed a significant level of unrest due to the consequences of violent clashes which followed the quota reform movement. Over the past week, violence erupted across the country, especially turning the capital city into a battlefield. However, the situation is now being strictly monitored with the enforcement of curfews.

A ray of hope for cancer patients

Kumudini Welfare Trust, one of the country’s biggest charitable organisations dedicatedly working for medical services, is now going to set up a hospital in Narayanganj with a special focus on cancer treatment.

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.

4 suspected robbers killed in 'mob beating' in Narayanganj

Four suspected robbers were killed and another was injured in a mob beating in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj early today, police said

Halls in Narayanganj experience new life

Marking Eid-ul-Fitr, three halls in Narayanganj have been reopened on April 22. New Metro Cinema Hall, located in Khanpur, Narayanganj have premiered Shakib Khan and Shobnom Bubly starrer "Leader: Amie Bangladesh".

Top 7 travel destinations in Narayanganj

Narayanganj, located on the banks of the Shitalakshya River and the outskirts of Dhaka, has many picturesque travel destinations that will make your weekend getaway special. To help you have an amazing time and a relaxing vacation, we bring you the top 7 tourist spots to visit in Narayanganj.

Buet student Fardin was murdered: Doctors after autopsy

Buet student Fardin Noor Parash, whose body was recovered from Shitalakkhya river near Narayanganj's Siddhirganj yesterday afternoon, was murdered.

N’ganj girl’s disappearance: SI closed for ‘torturing’ accused

Sub-inspector (SI) Shamim Al Mamun -- the investigation officer (IO) of the abduction case of a girl who was thought to have been raped and murdered before being found alive 51 days after her disappearance from Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila -- has been closed in the wake of allegations that he tortured the accused in remand and forced them to give a confessional statement in court.

October 21, 2015
October 21, 2015

4 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Four people are killed as an unspecified vehicle rams a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj.

October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015

India court orders repatriation of Nur Hossain

A court in West Bengal orders that Bangladeshi national Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational murder case of seven persons in Narayanganj, be sent back home to face trial.

October 4, 2015
October 4, 2015

500-yr-old Sardarbari coming back to life soon

The Boro Sardarbari is one of the most significant structures in the 800 plus years old Panam Nagar, situated at Sonargaon of Narayanganj around 40 kilometres off the capital, Dhaka.

September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015

5 lakh yaba seized in Narayanganj, 5 held

Law enforcers claim arrest of 5 including a “leading” yaba trader and seize over 5 lakh contraband tablets from them in Narayanganj.

September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015

Schoolgirl killed, house looted in Narayanganj

Miscreants loot valuables from a house in Jamtola area of Narayanganj Sadar after strangulating a schoolgirl to death.

September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015

​2 get life for killing mother, son

A Narayanganj court sentences two people to death and seven years’ imprisonment to another in a murder case filed over the killing of a mother and her son in 2011.

September 6, 2015
September 6, 2015

7-murder: 22 sent to jail

A Narayanganj court sends 22 accused, including three former Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials, to jail in connection with gruesome seven-murder cases.

August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015

Nur Hossain’s extradition soon?

The process of extradition of Nur Hossain – the prime accused in Narayanganj seven murder – from India seems to be gathering momentum with the West Bengal government seeking to withdraw charges of trespassing against him.

August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015

2 more held over pregnant mother shooting

Law enforcers arrest two more people in connection with the shooting of an eight-month pregnant mother in Magura during a Jubo League factional clash from Signboard area in Narayanganj

August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015

CNG drivers clash with cops on Dhaka-Ctg highway

CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers clash with police on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Narayanganj during protests against the highway ban.