Jahidul Islam

Travel time doubles as waterway clogged, leaving char residents struggling for essentials

Patients crowd old 100-bed facility while new 8-storey building remains non-operational due to lack of staff, equipment

Across the five parliamentary constituencies of Narsingdi, 27 out of 41 candidates forfeited their election deposits after receiving less than one-eighth (12.5 percent) of the total valid votes cast.

The Narsingdi Sadar Hospital has long been grappling with a severe manpower shortage and poor infrastructure.

Police and the local administration in Narsingdi municipality are locked in a dispute over toll collection from roads.

Rubel Mia, 28, of Shantipur village under Mirzarchar union in Narsingdi’s Raipura upazila, became homeless overnight after the Meghna swallowed his home.

The construction of the Gangariddhi Museum at Wari-Bateshwar, one of Bangladesh’s most significant archaeological sites in Narsingdi’s Belabo upazila, has remained stalled for six years due to delays and administrative complications.

The long-awaited shelter centre for river erosion and flood-affected residents in the char areas of Narsingdi’s Mirzarchar under Raipura upazila remains incomplete, six years after the work began.