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Justice for Tawqi demanded

Political, social and cultural activists in Narayanganj on Sunday demanded justice for Tanwir Muhammad Tawqi.

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12 injured as auto-rickshaw drivers attack NCC building

Twelve people, including some officials of Narayanganj City Corporation, were injured in an attack by the unauthorised auto-rickshaw drivers at the corporation’s building in Narayanganj on Monday...

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Ex-mayor Ivy arrested amid protests, clash

A Narayanganj court on Friday sent former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy to jail in connection with a murder case after overnight protests and clash.

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Case filed against Hasina, former CECs over past elections

A case has been filed at the Narayanganj District Judge Court against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, several former chief election commissioners and high-profile individuals, accusing them of holding voter-less national elections.

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Two Rupganj Textile Mill fire victims die

Two security guards, who sustained burn injuries in a textile mill fire in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj last week, died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on Monday...

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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...

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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’s legal structure. The country’s 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...

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Narayanganj’s 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...

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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....

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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...

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Another body found in Purbachal Lake

Yet another body of a teenager was recovered from a lake in Purbachal of Narayanganj’s Rupganj on Wednesday, just a day after the body of a college student was recovered from the same location...

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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...

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Five arrested over attack on coordinators’ 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’s Sonargaon upazila...

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11 workers injured in N’ganj 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...