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No headway in Sharif murder probe

Police in Narayanganj have made no visible progress in the investigation into the murder case of Sharif Madbor who was hacked to death on broad daylight in front of his house at Deobhog Adarshanagar village in Fatulla on April 1.Two weeks have been passed but police made no arrest other than those o...

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Rice prices on the rise

The dishonest wholesale rice traders gradually hiked up prices of rice up to one thousand taka per rice-sack that contains 50 kg rice.  Netaiganj, the biggest wholesale market in Narayanganj of essential commodities including rice, flour, salt, sugar and others has on  lame excuses hiked t...

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Wailing in Narayanganj, paralyses treatment scope

Four physicians including district Civil Surgeon have already been infected by coronavirus and previously eight health workers including a physician remained in home quarantine due to close contact with COVID-19 patients. A large hospital in the district Khanpur 300 bed Hospital apparently unde...

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N’ganj turns vulnerable district

As the death toll immediately crossed seven, infected sixty two and six high officials went into home quarantine of them one is infected. Doctor Jahidul Islam, a vocal person of anti-virus committee in the district cum Narayanganj Sadar upazila health and family planning officer being infected ...

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Narayanganj turns into risky zone

Narayanganj city as the well Narayanganj district has turned into a risky zone for coronavirus as the number of death and virus-infected patients is increasing everyday here. The authorities concerned have taken various initiatives, including lockdown, to prevent the virus, but the initiatives ...

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People face sufferings in N’ganj

As the death toll raises and infected increasing rate gradually high in the district and that is why the administration taken measures to keep under lockdown new areas in everyday and the people's became seized and incomeless mostly daily basis income holders. Dr Selina Hayat Ivy, Mayor of ...

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Stranded day-labourers pass hard times in Narayanganj

For  safety of  people from coronavirus infection the government has taken initiatives  that each and everybody should  stay at home until  until there is any emergency  to go out of the doors. Moreover, government has  suspended  transport countrywide.As a re...

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N’ganj residents at risk for untraced returnees

The people of Narayanganj are feeling at risk for the factor that a huge number of expatriates have returned in the district in the month of March and many of them have not been traced yet.District information officer Siraj-ud-Doula in a briefing cleared that a total of 5,968 people returned from ab...

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70 industries major grabbers of N’ganj rivers

Inhabitants of Narayanganj have been living in highly air-polluted environment because the industries that are situated on the banks of the rivers emit smoke and dust causing pollution.  The World Environment Day comes and goes every year with some rally and firebrands’ speech for improvi...

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Victim pressurized to settle ‘attempt to rape case’

Local influential people and the case investigator were allegedly forcing an attempt-to -rape case victim and her family members to settle the issue by offering her to pay Taka 1.5 lakh in instalments in Narayanganj.It is learnt, a poor female six year aged child is an attempt-to-rape victim. She an...

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Shamim-Ivy conflict still prevailing

The internal feud between two Awami League leaders of Narayanganj AKM Shamim Osman and Dr Selina Hayat Ivy has been prevailing for last eighteen years. The two leaders and their supporters are still blaming each other.  AKM Shamim Osman is ruling party’s MP from Narayanganj-4 constituency...

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Real estate company grabs Meghna river land

A portion of river land inside the Meghna River at Nunertek area under Sonargaon upazilla of Narayanganj have been grabbed by a real estate company named Modern Group. To grab the river land the company have fenced the area by bamboo and tin plates. Besides, the company have forcibly occupied a few ...

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Factories grab, pollute rivers

The administration have identified a total of 4 hundred and 56 land grabbers recently who encroached the riverside land and constructed large-scale industries as well as small shops on them.Based on separate surveys, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Narayanganj Md. Jasimuddin disclosed the names of river...

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N’ganj markets flooded with adulterated mosquito coils

The inhabitants of the Narayanganj are suffering from two problems at the same time -- one is mosquito and the other is sub-standard mosquito coils that emit smoke. In the last months, mosquito nuisance have rapidly increased in the city and the outskirt of the city. People mostly use mosquito coils...

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N’ganj guardians count Tk 16cr for extra books

Thousands of guardians of school going children in Narayanganj have to count crore of taka to purchase extra books for their children. The authorities of high schools in the district are forcing the students to collect extra five books besides the mandatory NCTB textbooks.It was alleged that the sch...

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Grabbers occupy canals

The locals adjacent to canals area have forcibly occupied most of the canals of the district, and constructed establishment causing sewerage system hampered, even creating water logging in different areas during downpour. Once a canal was the main sewerage system of Sadar upazila at Kashipur area, a...

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Students of Narayanganj overburdened with extra books

Avoiding the government supplied grammar books, the school management committees took bribe from private publishers making the list of non-government books and pressurizing the students to purchase those books. Visiting  a high school named Deobhog Hazi Uzir Ali School under Narayanganj Sadar u...

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Complainant in attempt to rape case forced to compromise

An attempt was taken to rape a six-year old girl by a man at Khilmarket area under Fatulla police station on 23 October 2019.Victim’s mother  filed a case (no 68) with Fatulla model police station accusing Helal Mahmud, son of Ali Ahmed, resident of Khilmarket area of the thana.In this co...

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Industrial wastes cause severe damage to environment in N’ganj

Random emission of thick smoke and indiscriminate dumping of industrial wastes were causing severe damage to the environment of Narayangaj. The inhabitants of Narayanganj have demanded to set up waste recycle plants and dumping of the industrial wastes outside of the residential areas to ensure fres...

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Dhaka-Munshiganj old road in deplorable condition

An important  and very busy road that commutes the capital city with Munshiganj district via Narayanganj is in a very deplorable condition for about one year. Specially, the large potholes created along the BSCIC industrial area and the south sides of Panchabati area under Fatulla police statio...