Police detain 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami including its Narayanganj city chief and general secretary allegedly for plotting subversive activities.

Absence of safety measures at a demolition site led to the deaths of three sisters, all aged below 10, and an adult in Pagla of Narayanganj, yesterday.

Police charged truncheons on processions of BNP and its associate bodies in Narayanganj and Barisal yesterday injuring at least 25 activists and leaders.

Two alleged criminals were killed in “gunfights” with detectives in Narayanganj and Kushtia early yesterday.

Police rescued a two-and-half-year-old baby boy from a slum in Narayanganj yesterday, a day after he was abducted from a hospital in Dhaka for ransom.

The college-going daughter of Narayanganj seven-murder case lawyer Wazed Ali Khokon has been hospitalised after she has been allegedly poisoned with sweetmeats by miscreants in a bid to kill her.

The High Court is set to deliver its verdict on the death references and appeals in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases tomorrow.

A 15-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by driver and helper of a goods-laden truck inside the vehicle.

A 15-year-old girl is allegedly gang-raped inside a running truck in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj, police say.

Six people are sued in connection to the arms haul from the lake in Narayanganj’s Rupganj as authorities start drying up water for further search.

Police recover the tied up body of an unidentified woman inside a suitcase in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.

The death toll from Thursday’s trawler capsize in the Meghna River rises to 10 as six more bodies of women are recovered from the river.

An officer of a hosiery factory in Fatullah area of Narayanganj Sadar has allegedly been beaten dead by its two workers.

Police Bureau of Investigation claims to have arrested two leaders of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) including its Narayanganj regional commander in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

Police submit probe report before the High Court portraying lawmaker Salim Osman as a victim in the incident of humiliation of a Narayanganj teacher.

A 10-year-old boy is brutally killed allegedly by pumping air into his body through his rectum in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.

The two mayors of Dhaka city corporations are awarded the status of full minister, the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation is given the status of deputy minister, according to a gazette notification.

The World Bank approves US$360 million to help Bangladesh improve the navigability, year-round safe transport for passengers and cargo along Bangladesh’s busiest waterways.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says around 1,000 volunteers will be deployed at 14 spots on different highways ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr to ensure smooth vehicular movement.

On a mundane Monday, the sun shone brightly in the front yard of the home-cum-factory of Iqbal Hossain and his wife but they were arranging batiks in neat folds, not caring about the heat.