Narayanganj
Teacher’s humiliation: Cops say Osman a ‘victim’
Police submit probe report before the High Court portraying lawmaker Salim Osman as a victim in the incident of humiliation of a Narayanganj teacher.
7 August 2016
Rupganj boy killed brutally
A 10-year-old boy is brutally killed allegedly by pumping air into his body through his rectum in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila.
24 July 2016
Dhaka mayors get minister status
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.
21 June 2016
WB funds Bangladesh $360m for improving inland waterways
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.
17 June 2016
1000 volunteers to help police for traffic management: Obaidul
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.
14 June 2016
Bangladesh batik village goes into Eid overdrive
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.
12 June 2016
Teacher humiliation: N’ganj cops get more time to submit report
The High Court directs the superintendent of police and officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station in Narayanganj to submit detailed reports by August 4 on the incident of public humiliation of schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.
9 June 2016
N'ganj cops seek 2 months for submitting reports
Narayanganj police have sought two months' time from the High Court for submitting reports on the incident of public humiliation of schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.
8 June 2016
N’ganj teacher humiliation: Cops seek more time to submit report to HC
Narayanganj police seek two months time from the High Court for submitting report over the incident of public humiliation of school teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.
8 June 2016
HC wants details on N’ganj teacher humiliation
High Court directs the authorities concerned to submit before it three detail reports specifying the steps taken against those responsible for humiliating Narayanganj teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.
29 May 2016
JP is just unable
Despite drawing widespread condemnation for publicly humiliating a schoolteacher, lawmaker Salim Osman is still getting Jatiya Party by his side because of his money and influence in Narayanganj, party insiders say.
28 May 2016
Fallout from Narayanganj: Hope and Despair
Salim Osman might have put the last straw on the camel's back. His using of cheap, religious and communal sentiments of the people is absurdly wild and dangerous. It could wreak havoc on Narayanganj, and eventually on the whole country.
26 May 2016
N'ganj teacher did not demean Islam
An education ministry probe has found that the Piyar Sattar Latif High School committee had forced headteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta to resign with unproven allegation that he had hurt the religious sentiment of the Muslims.
26 May 2016
‘N’ganj teacher was forced to sign resignation letter’
Education ministry-formed committee says the way Narayanganj school headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta was suspended was beyond relevant rules. A school student made inconsistent statements on whether the teacher said anything demeaning religion and hence the allegation may not be considered acceptable, the report said.
26 May 2016
Miscreants hacked N’ganj khadem
Miscreants seriously injure a khadem (caretaker) of a mosque in Narayanganj town early today.
25 May 2016
7 injured in N’ganj factory fire
Seven people sustain burn injuries as fire broke out at an edible oil factory in Narayanganj this afternoon.
25 May 2016
Pressure piles up on Salim Osman
Controversial Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Salim Osman, now under pressure from the Awami League as well as his own party, last night cancelled his press conference scheduled for today.
23 May 2016
N’ganj teacher humiliation: Demand for arrest of Salim Osman
People from cross sections of life demands the immediate arrest of Narayanganj lawmaker Salim Osman for humiliating a school headmaster.
23 May 2016
Salim Osman won’t attend JS if he has any self-respect: Nasim
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says Jatiya Party lawmaker Salim Osman will refrain from joining the parliament sessions “if he has any self-respect”.
22 May 2016
Teacher beaten for ‘harassing’ student
Locals beat up a teacher and handed him over to the police after he allegedly harassed a girl of class-IX at a school in Narayanganj
21 May 2016