Haridhoa chokes on waste as factory ETPs lie idle
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Once Narsingdi’s trade artery, the 40km river also choked by encroachment and household waste and blamed for illnesses
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Narsingdi roads in disrepair
10 September 2026
The roads in Narsingdi municipality have long been in a deplorable state, causing suffering to thousands of residents during their daily commute.
10 September 2026
Narsingdi’s textile factories gasp for gas as fabric rots
24 August 2026
Around 2.5 lakh yards of chemically treated fabric have been damaged at Tithi Textile in Madhabdi, Narsingdi, after gas pressure remained at zero for the last four days, bringing production and generators to a halt, said Sonet Saha, the factory’s maintenance manager.
24 August 2026
Burning wood to keep mills running
23 August 2026
100 small and large textile factories are operating by burning wood due to gas shortage and rising prices of textile waste
23 August 2026
Gas shortage halts production at Narsingdi textile factories
20 August 2026
Factory owners said gas pressure had declined gradually before the current crisis, forcing them to operate in shifts
20 August 2026
Leaving banking behind, marketing graduate finds fortune in cattle farming
13 May 2026
Ahsan Sikdar’s Green Agro Farm has created local jobs while preparing more than 200 sacrificial animals for this Eid
13 May 2026
Meghna choked by water hyacinth, river transport in Narsingdi grinds to a halt
12 April 2026
Travel time doubles as waterway clogged, leaving char residents struggling for essentials
12 April 2026
Four years on, Narsingdi 250-bed hospital building still unused
11 March 2026
Patients crowd old 100-bed facility while new 8-storey building remains non-operational due to lack of staff, equipment
11 March 2026
Limping along on limited facilities
“I have been waiting for four hours for my test since I arrived here at 9:00am with a stomach ache. However, by the time my turn arrived, the doctor had already left the hospital,” said Sonia Akter while talking to this correspondent recently.
5 August 2023
Lotkon farmers enjoying fair yields, prices
Lotkon farmers in Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and prices for the fruit this year thanks to its vast popularity at home and abroad, according to market players.
27 July 2023
Banker shines in cattle farming
Ahsan Sikder took up cattle rearing in 2013, a couple of years after he graduated from Rajshahi University’s Marketing department
28 June 2023
Alokbali’s water hyacinth woes
Mahmuda Begum was bleeding excessively after she gave birth to a baby girl on December 22 last year.
28 May 2023
Narsingdi’s clout as industrial hub grows
New industries are being set up in Narsingdi as the district’s road connectivity with the capital has seen a remarkable improvement in recent years, businessmen say.
7 May 2023
4 narsingdi AL men: ‘Picked up’ 6 years back, no trace yet
It has been almost six years since four Awami League men disappeared after police allegedly picked them up from a village in Raipura, Narsingdi.
4 March 2023
Was political rivalry the reason?
The massive popularity of Narsingdi’s Shibpur Upazila Parishad Chairman Harunur Rashid Khan and the possibility of him contesting in the next general election might be reasons behind Saturday’s gun attack on him.
26 February 2023
BSCIC estate in Narsingdi: Businesses displeased with inadequate facilities
Industrial estates under the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) aim to facilitate cottage, micro, small and medium businesses by providing them a safe place to operate along with all the required services.
2 November 2022