Munshiganj
Habib Wahid to take the stage in his hometown after 15 years
Renowned singer, composer, and music director Habib Wahid is set to perform in his ancestral home of Munshiganj after 15 years. The open-air concert will take place this Friday at Bot-tola field in Srinagar, organised by local youth.
23 April 2025, 05:22 AM
Idrakpur Fort: a museum without artefacts
Abdur Rahman Mustakim, a student from Narayanganj, visited the Idrakpur Fort Museum in Munshiganj with his relatives. While he was impressed by the fort itself, he was deeply disappointed by the museum's lack of antiquities
18 June 2024, 09:15 AM
Production at API Industrial Park to begin next month
Production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) at the API Industrial Park in Gazaria of Munshiganj will begin next month, with ACME Laboratories set to commission its manufacturing unit despite the lack of gas supply.
17 March 2024, 01:08 AM
Top 5 places to visit in Munshiganj: Mawa Ghat, Idrakpur Fort, and more
Wondering what places to visit in Munshiganj? To ease your confusion and make your visit more pleasant, we bring you the top five places to visit.
15 December 2022, 14:53 PM
Thousands of motorcycles crossing river though Shimulia
Around 2,000 motorcycles have been waiting at Shimulia ghat to cross the River Padma this afternoon.
30 April 2022, 08:34 AM
Four more test positive for coronavirus in Munshiganj
Four more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Munshiganj, raising the total number in the district to 18, according to the district’s civil surgeon.
14 April 2020, 11:29 AM
'Drug dealer' killed in Munshiganj 'gunfight'
An alleged drug dealer is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Munshiganj Sadar upazila.
26 April 2018, 05:12 AM
Mob beats 'robber' to death
A mob beat up an alleged robber to death at Belua village in Tongibari upazila on Sunday.
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Six killed in factory fire
Six workers, including a woman, were killed, as a fire swept through a textile factory in the district town yesterday morning.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Youth killed in AL factional clash in Munshiganj
A young man is shot to death and two others sustain bullet injuries in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) in Charamsura area of Sadar upazila over establishing supremacy.
10 June 2017, 04:39 AM
Munshiganj Paper Mills fire doused
A fire that broke out at a paper mill in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj has been doused after four hours of frantic efforts.
23 March 2017, 10:34 AM
Padma capsize: 1 body recovered, 2 still missing
The body of a woman is found from Padma river following yesterday’s speedboat capsize. Two more including a schoolgirl are still missing.
9 March 2017, 13:19 PM
Teenager dies in Munshiganj clash
A teenage boy is shot dead and two others are injured in a clash between supporters of an elected councillor and a defeated candidate of Munshiganj municipality elections.
12 June 2016, 04:24 AM
Heritage sites in Tongibari
Once known as the City of Courage, Bikrampur -- now called Munshiganj -- holds a history of more than 2,500 years. And if you are planning a day-trip to visit a few heritage sites close to Dhaka, then make a trip to Tongibari, a part of the-then Bikrampur capital of Bengal. We managed to visit only three out of the dozens of heritage sites there.
9 June 2016, 09:28 AM
Madrassa teacher held for ‘sexually abusing’ minor
A madrassa teacher is arrested for alleged sex abuse on an 11-year-old boy in Munshiganj’s Gazaria upazila. Another sex offender of the same case is now on the run.
5 June 2016, 14:28 PM
6 shot in Munshiganj pre-polls violence
At least six people have been bullet-hit in a pre-election violence in Munshiganj’s Sadar upazila ahead of union parishad election this Saturday.
25 May 2016, 05:20 AM
Man killed in Munshiganj pre-polls violence
A ruling-party supporter is gunned down in Munshiganj’s Gazaria upazila last night ahead of the union parishad elections scheduled to be held there this Saturday.
24 May 2016, 08:51 AM
3 killed in Munshiganj road crash
Three people are killed and 12 injured as a truck collided with a pick-up van on Dhaka-Mawa highway in Munshiganj.
23 May 2016, 04:18 AM
UP polls: Violence claims 5 lives in 4 districts
Four persons, including a 17-year-old, have been killed during clash among supporters of Union Parishad election candidates and police in Rajshahi, Thakurgaon and Comilla districts while a sexagenarian man was killed in Narsingdi by alleged supporters of a pro-Awami League candidate as he protested casting of his vote by others.
7 May 2016, 05:34 AM
Munshiganj BCL leader dies in custody
A local leader of ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League dies in police custody in Munshiganj. Family and party activists blame a rival group and police for the death.
17 April 2016, 15:04 PM