Sanad Saha

Salt prices shoot up

With just around two weeks left for Eid-ul-Azha, price of unrefined salt has shot up, at least in the wholesale hub of Narayanganj’s Nitaiganj, in what appears to be an attempt at cashing in on the upcoming seasonal rise in demand for preserving hides of sacrificial animals.

9 Years of Taqi murder: A charge sheet taking forever

Almost a year after the brutal murder of Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, the draft of a Rab probe report got leaked in the media, revealing the involvement of 11 people, including Ajmeri Osman, in the killing.

Why didn’t voters know about this?

As the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) elections come to a close, it was found that at least 13 councillors with murder, drugs, arms or explosives-related cases against them won their respective ballots on Sunday.

IVY wins again

Selina Hayat Ivy was on course to win a straight third term as the Narayanganj mayor as she was ahead of her rival by 42,054 votes in yesterday’s city corporation polls, which was largely festive and peaceful.

Ivy’s hattrick or Taimur’s first?

Narayanganj goes to polls today to pick its mayor and 36 councillors, in an election that can be expected to be a departure from the recent violence-ridden voting for Union Parishad seats.

N’ganj city polls: Focus on women, new voters

With the Narayanganj city polls campaign ending at midnight tonight, major mayoral candidates Selina Hayat Ivy and Taimur Alam Khandakar are making last-minute efforts to woo women and first-time voters who may make the difference.

Jan 16 NCC polls: Voters fear chaos, CEC pledges fairness

With the Narayanganj city polls only two days away, voters fear there may be chaos on election day over taking control of polling centres by supporters of some ward councillor candidates.

NCC polls: The heat is on, as barbs rule campaigns

Electioneering in the Narayanganj city polls has heated up as the two major mayor hopefuls have accused each other of foiling the peaceful election atmosphere.

March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018

5 Years into Taqi Murder: Rab still sitting on charge sheet

For Taqi's parents, the last five years have been a long, agonising wait for justice. And they have no clue as to when that wait would be over.

January 21, 2018
January 21, 2018

N'Ganj Mayhem: No action yet against gun-toters

Niazul Islam, a close aide of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, was not the only person who brandished a gun during the attack on Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and her supporters on Tuesday.

January 19, 2018
January 19, 2018

It's all for money

Tuesday's mayhem in Narayanganj was all about money.

November 18, 2017
November 18, 2017

A piece of history rusting away

They were waiting for the sun to set.

August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017

Fatullah looking sunny again

The sincerest efforts are underway at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS) in Fatullah to get the ground ready in time for the

August 13, 2017
August 13, 2017

All eyes on court

Seventy-year-old Shah Jamal grew up on the bank of the Shitalakkhya witnessing countless events centring on the river. A ragpicker,

July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017

Fatullah set to miss Aus game

An inspection team from Australia will be arriving in Dhaka tonight to work out the small details of its cricket team's tour to

July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017

Change Maker: The lightbringer

In the middle of a crowded slum, juxtaposed against towering buildings all around it, stands a broken-down tin-roofed house. At first

July 9, 2017
July 9, 2017

Mourning the demise of Adamjee Jute Mills

JUNE 30 was a sad day for workers, employees, officials and residents of Adamjee Nagar as the curtains were drawn on Asia's biggest jute mills on the day 15 years ago. The move left 24,916 people without a job.

April 30, 2017
April 30, 2017

Change Makers: Nightingale of Narayanganj

When Irani Baroi, a nurse from Betkadia village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj first contracted fever back in December 1996 it

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