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.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

2nd day’s play called off

Umpires call off 2nd day’s play of the Test match between Bangladesh and India at Fatullah due to rain.

June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015

1 killed, 19 hurt in N’ganj boiler blast

1 killed and 19 others injured when a boiler went off in a rice mill at Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

27 deer rescued in Narayanganj

Rapid Action Battalion rescue 27 deer, locally known as Chitra Horin or Spotted Deer, in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015

Sights and sounds of a Jamdani haat (video)

Once you've visited a Jamdani haat, you will think twice before metaphorically referring to a crowded and noisy place as a 'macher bazaar'.

May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015

Army major dies in Munshiganj road crash

An army major was killed and a lieutenant of Bangladesh Navy and another were injured as their car hit a roadside tree in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj today.

May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015

7-murder: Nazrul’s wife files no confidence petition

A naraji (no confidence) petition was filed today against the charge sheet submitted by the detectives dropping the names of five accused in sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case.

April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015

'Robber' beaten dead in Narayanganj

Alleged robber beaten to death by angry mob during an incident of robbery in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.

April 9, 2015
April 9, 2015

Nur, 3 Rab officials among 35 charged

Nearly a year after the bloodcurdling seven-murder in Narayanganj, police submitted charge sheet in the case, naming 35 people, including prime accused Nur Hossain and three sacked Rab officials.

April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015

Bus firebombed in N’ganj, 1 held

A passenger bus was firebombed after the Supreme Court upheld war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman’s death penalty.

April 4, 2015
April 4, 2015

Buriganga boat capsize death toll reaches 16

Five more bodies are recovered from the Buriganga river, raising the death toll to 16 from the trawler capsize that sank in the river in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj.