Save the Shitalakkhya River from extreme pollution

Sanjit Babu, from Baghia village in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila, has been running a tea stall at Narayanpur market on the bank of the Shitalakshya river for the last four years.

Pitalganj, next to the Shitalakkhya and located around 1.5km south of Kanchan Bridge in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila, is like any other village across the country.

A month has gone by since Buet student Fardin Noor Parash was murdered. But investigators are yet to make any significant progress in the murder probe.

Five people go missing after falling from a passenger-carrying trawler in Shitalakkhya river of Narayanganj .

The bodies of five young men are recovered after a boat sank in the Shitalakkhya River following a collision with a cargo vessel in Rupganj upazila on Friday.

Police recover the body of a Dhaka University (DU) student from Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj.

The High Court yesterday ordered the government to immediately stop encroachment and construction of structures on the bank of Shitalakkhya river and the canals connected to the river in Narayanganj.

The process of extradition of Nur Hossain – the prime accused in Narayanganj seven murder – from India seems to be gathering momentum with the West Bengal government seeking to withdraw charges of trespassing against him.

The traditional art of Jamdani weaving, which is included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is an intricate process that takes several years to master. Nevertheless, as an outsider, the process is a fascinating one to observe - from the indigenous loom to the fine tasks of the weavers.