Osmani Pouro Stadium 

 

  DND EMBANKMENT   

    Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world.

  It is a low-lying deltaic country,which is situated in South Asia, is formed by the Ganges,

    the Brahmaputra and the Meghna rivers.The study area is Dhaka-Narayanganj-

     Demra (DND) Project. The area is about 56.79 sq. km and about

         800,000 people are living here. During 1998 flood, there was over topping and brae    chin of  embankment. At that time BWDB was able to stop much inundation by doing emergency work. Still many people are building their houses and factories in low lying area. The housing companies have acquired cheap land in flood plains and developed residential colonies there, which are very vulnerable flooding. Due to global warming, intensity and magnitude of different disasters are increasing.Hence, there is a need to have a decision support system for the planners and developers. 

Bandar Shahi Mashjid 

Sonakanda Fort

 Sonakanda Fort stands the east side of Shitalakhkha river from Narayanganj City.

Hajiganj Fort

          Its another Archaeological place of Narayanganj.There are lot of history about it . Its stands beside of Sitalakha River . Around 1 km far from Narayanganj City.

Government Tolaram College

    Babu Khagendranath Chakroborty  established Tolaram College in 1937. This college start under of Kolkata University .During the time 1956 Tolaram Bosraj donated to build  the main compound  of Present Tolaram College.

Ram Krisno Mission 

 

Megna Petroleum Dipo

   Padma  Megna and Jamuna Oil Company has some dipos out of Narayanganj City. They are supplying the fuel of Air and others. 
     

Central Sohid Minar of Narayanganj

                    
                    21th of February is International Mother language day ( Shahid Dibos) .Every year all classes of  our people come to Sohid Minar to respect our Hero who leaves their lives for our "Mother Language"
 

Central Of Narayanganj City

Its the town square .Its placed in Chasara beside the central Sohid Minar of Narayanganj.lot of people gather everyday here.There are some tea stall beside of this area. You will have a cup of tea with various flavor........

NARAYANGANJ IS ONE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CITY OF BANGLADESH

 

Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh It is located in the Narayanganj District  near the capital city of Dhaka and has a population of 220,000. The city is on the bank of the Shitalakhkha  river . The river port of Narayanganj is one of the oldest in Bangladesh. It is also a center of business and industry, especially the Jute trade and processing plants, and the Textile sector of the country. It is nicknamed the Dundee of Bangladesh due to the presence of its many jute mills. It was the first industrialized "Jute polis" in the world.

  The town got its name from Bicon Lal Pandey, a  Hindu religious leader who was also known as Benur Thakur or Lakhsmi Narayan Thakur. He leased the area from the British East India Company in 1766 following the   Battle  of  Plessey. He donated the markets and the land on the banks of the river as Devottor or Given to God property, bequeathed for maintenance expenses for the worship of the god Narayan.

       A post office was set up in 1866, and Dhaka-Narayanganj telegraph  service was started from 1877. The Bank of Bengal introduced the first telephone service in 1882.

               The Narayanganj Municipality was incorporated on 8 September 8 1876. The first hospital of the area of Narayanganj Victoria Hospital was established in 1885 by the Municipality with financial contributions from Harakanta Banerjee.

       Narayanganj City Corporation  was established on 5 May 2011 unifying three former municipalities: Narayanganj Municipality  , Siddhirganj Municipality , and Kadam Rasul Municipality .

Important developments

• The post office was established in 1866.
• The Narayanganj municipality was officially founded on 8 September 1876.
• Dhaka–Narayanganj telegraph service was set up in 1877.
• Telephony was introduced by the Bank of Bengal in 1882.

              Narayanganj became a district  on 15 February 1984. Formerly, it was a sub district of the Dhaka district. It grew in importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, due to the influx of the Portuguese and the English. The first to develop was the west bank of Shitalakshya. Narayanganj only became important in the nineteenth century, when the Rally Brothers started a company exporting jute to the west in 1830, aided by a company from Assam By 1908, 18 European companies, and two Indian companies were trading in jute from Calcutta .
From 1947, with the formation of Pakistan, the economy transformed from being mainly a jute production to include jute milling . This followed the establishment of a number of mills in and around Narayanganj that gave the local economy a great boost.

Administrative area

      Narayanganj Zila consists of 5 upazilas (Narayanganj Sadar, Bandor, Rupganj, Sonargaon and Araihazar), 47 unions and 827 mauzas. There are also 7 police stations here, which are: Narayanganj Sadar, Bandor, Fatulla, Siddhirganj, Rupganj, Sonargaon and Araihazar. Out of the five upazilas, Rupganj is the largest with an area of 247.97 km² which is 32.65% of the total area of the zila. Bandar is the smallest with an area of 55.84 km², sharing 7.34% of the total area of the zila. All the upazilas have more or less similar characteristics. 

Economy

      The district pioneered in merchandising yarn and dyeing items. The cottage industry, like weaving, is abundant in this district. International trading, import and export business, shipyard brick field, etc. create employment opportunities to the people which facilitate additional income to the household population. The small and medium industries of cotton are increasing day-by-day which fills the employment aids of the local people. The rural economy of Narayanganj is agriculture . 

 

Religion

       The district of Narayanganj has 3078 mosques, 269 temples, 10 churches and 4 Buddhist temples    .

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLACES


1     SONAR GAON          2     SONAKANDA FORT       3     KODOM RASUL DARGHA

4     1 NO DHAKESSARY MONDIR       5     MURAPARA COLLEGE

6     BIBI MORIYOM TOMB                   7     HAJIGANJ FORT

8     BONDOR SAHI  MOSQUE                9     SONAKANDA DOCK YEARD

10   RAM KRISNO MISSION                  11   NARAYANGANJ  SAILO

12  COLLECTOR HOUSE                         13  LAKXMINARAYAN  AKHRA

14  HARAT HAJI SALEH  BABAR MAJAR       15  TOLARAM COLLEGE 

16   FAKIR TOLA MASQUE                       17  NARAYANGANJ RAIL WAY STATION




RIVERS


1    BRAHMAPUTRA

2    MEGHNA

3   SHITALAKHKHA 

4   DHALESWARI

Birds

     The most common birds of the district include Doel, Salik, Crow, Duck, Grimorium Verum, Babui, King fisheer,

Fish

In the river, canal, beels, and ponds there are various kinds of fish. 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLACES 

SONAR GAO

Once it was the Capital of Isha Kha . Sonar Gao is quite far from Narayanganj city .Its about 30 minutes journey by Bus/Car.There is a proverb that there was a golden raining  during the time of Emperor Joydobjer  .From then people called the place is Golden village ( Sonar Gao) .There are lot of history about Sonar Gao from Moghal period to British. World famous traveler Ibne Batuta Came to visit Sonar Gao.

Sonar Gao is one of Archaeological place of Narayanganj . Every year lot of tourist come to visit here.


TOMB OF BIBI MORIYOM

The Second daughter of Shahestha Khan named BIBI MORIYOM 's Tomb stand beside the Hajiganj Fort. Its Inside of Narayanganj City . There is a Girls High school name Bibi Moriyom Girls High school.