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Narayanganj (Bangladesh)

Type: City

Name: Narayanganj (Bangladesh)

Country: Bangladesh

Latitude: 23.620001

Longitude: 90.5

population: 223,773

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Rain disrupts city life Two electrocuted

A commuter train moving on the submerged tracks at the Gandaria railway station, as like many other parts in Dhaka, the area experienced acute water-logging due to heavy downpour Thursday. FE PhotoNormal life in Dhaka city almost came to a standstill ... [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Ataur Rahman Sunny, Shahjahanpur

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

BGMEA initiates biometric data for garment workers

(Bangladesh) The countrys apex trade body for garment manufacturers instructed its member factories in Ashulia to prepare a biometric database of their workers within three months.We have been trying to make a central workers database for a long time ... [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - May 22 2013]

Entities: Workers, Biometrics, Database

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Container terminal: Govt ‘unaware’ of India’s plan

India is planning to construct an inland container terminal in Narayanganj and has already called for tenders of a feasibility study, without approaching the Bangladeshi authorities.The terminal is to be built on about 46 acres of land owned by the Kumudini ... [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 22 2013]

Entities: Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Bangladesh, Government of India, India

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Man murdered in Narayanganj

Staff CorrespondentA man was stabbed to death in his room by an unidentified miscreant at Fatullah in Narayanganj last night.The deceased was Aminul Islam, 28, a pick up van driver. He was a resident of Pabna sadar.Quoting locals, police said the unidentified ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 22 2013]

Entities: Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Pabna (Bangladesh), Aminul Islam, Bunion

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

19 held for attacking law enforcers in N?ganj

Nineteen activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamaat backed Islami Chhatra Shibir and Hefajat-e Islam have been arrested for being involved in attacking law enforcers on May 6.Police arrested them at different places in last several days.Abdul Matin, officer-in-charge ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 21 2013]

Entities: Joko Pitono, Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Islami Chhatra Shibir

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

PGCB yet to install telemetry system to monitor power supply by 16 SIPPs

Power Grid Company of Bangladesh is yet to install automated monitoring systems for estimating electricity it receives from 16 small privately owned power plants.Set up by private sector suppliers between 2003 and 2009, the 16 small plants have a combined ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 21 2013]

Entities: Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Power Plant, Rupganj (Bangladesh), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd.

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

20 RMG units at Ashulia shut production

Aggrieved workers of different RMG units at Ashulia belt staged demonstration and engaged in clashes with law-enforcers Monday. Focus BanglaFE ReportSeveral garment factories in Ashulia were again shut for Monday in the face of violent workers' protest, ... [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 20 2013]

Entities: Workers, Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Demonstration, Protesters, Police

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Labour unrest halts Ha-Meem

Workers shout slogans demanding an increase in their wages at Ha-Meem Group in the industrial belt of Ashulia yesterday. Photo:Focus BanglaHa-Meem Group, a leading garment maker, and several other factories in Ashulia suspended operations yesterday after ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 20 2013]

Entities: Workers, Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Mespilus, Abdus Salam

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Govt fails to protect rivers around city from pollution

Shipping minister Shajahan Khan has admitted that the government has not been able to stop Dhaka City Corporation and the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority from dumping the city’s solid and liquid wastes into the rivers.Expressing particular concern ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 20 2013]

Entities: Wastewater, Pollution, New Age, Narayanganj (Bangladesh)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Picture Archive: Bangladesh, 1950s

A week ago, the last body of 1,127 was recovered from a collapsed textile factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh—the largest garment-industry disaster in the country's history. Hundreds of other textile factories in Bangladesh reopened Friday after ... [Published National Geographic - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Pakistan

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

India to set up port in Bangladesh

As a result of the deepening relationship with Bangladesh, India is increasing looking to improving economic partnerships as there is growing realization that increased co-operation will bring substantial socio-economic benefits that can no longer be ... [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, India, Narayanganj (Bangladesh)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

BGMEA to make database in 3 months

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will prepare a database containing service records of all workers in 3,200 registered garment factories.“At first, we will create a database of workers at factories in Dhaka and it would ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 17 2013]

Entities: Database, Workers, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Islam

Quotes

"Light to heavy rainfall will persist on Friday with southern regions facing more than usual. Normalcy might return after Saturday" he added

Rain disrupts city life Two electrocuted [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 3 hours ago]

"BGMEA took such initiatives many times but it is yet to ensure their full implementation as there was no such deadline" BGMEA president Atiqul Islam said at the inaugural of a training programme organised by the association at its headquarters in the city

BGMEA warns factories of stopping providing service [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 20 2013]

"We will follow whatever the decision the wage board gives us" said Murshedy, also former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)

20 RMG units at Ashulia shut production [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 20 2013]

"Each signatory company may, at its option, use alternative means to ensure factories have the financial capacity to comply with remediation requirements, including but not limited to joint investments, providing loans, accessing donor or government support, through offering business incentives or through paying for renovations directly" it noted

37 global apparel brands, retailers sign deal [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 19 2013]

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Rain disrupts city life Two electrocuted [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 3 hours ago]
Container terminal: Govt ‘unaware’ of India’s plan [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 22 2013]
Bangladesh: Damning Exposures – Analysis [Published Eurasia Review - May 22 2013]
BGMEA initiates biometric data for garment workers [Published Fibre 2 Fashion - May 22 2013]
Man murdered in Narayanganj [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 22 2013]
19 held for attacking law enforcers in N?ganj [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 21 2013]
PGCB yet to install telemetry system to monitor... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 21 2013]
Labour unrest halts Ha-Meem [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 20 2013]
Worker database for Ashulia factories by Aug 30... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 20 2013]
Govt fails to protect rivers around city from p... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 20 2013]
BGMEA warns factories of stopping providing ser... [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 20 2013]
20 RMG units at Ashulia shut production [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 20 2013]
Picture Archive: Bangladesh, 1950s [Published National Geographic - May 20 2013]
Mohammad Abdul Mannan takes over as the Managin... [Published Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd - May 20 2013]
India to set up port in Bangladesh [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 20 2013]
37 global apparel brands, retailers sign deal [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - May 19 2013]
The season of light and the season of darkness [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 18 2013]
First-ever circular train starts trial journey ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 18 2013]
BGMEA to make database in 3 months [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 17 2013]
BGMEA to make database of workers in three months [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 17 2013]
FBCCI places 422 demands for next budget [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 16 2013]
India to set up port in Bangladesh [Published Maritime Professional - May 15 2013]
Banks extend Tk 80cr for Savar victims [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 15 2013]
Plan to set up 5 more marine institutes [Published The New Nation - May 13 2013]
Bangladesh Sees Islamist Siege – Analysis [Published Eurasia Review - May 13 2013]
Crumbling road crisis as monsoon approaches [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 12 2013]
Business in peril [Published The New Nation - May 12 2013]
Police Assoc blasts attack on cops [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 11 2013]
Police Association blasts attack on policemen [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 11 2013]
Hike in trade licence fee in city corpns likely... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 10 2013]

Blogs

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Violence on the streets [Published Banyan - The Economist - May 07 2013] THE ARMY was still counting the dead from Bangladesh’s biggest industrial disaster , when a massacre of hardline Islamic demonstrators unfolded in the early hours of May 6th. It took place in the commercial district of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. ...
Ferry With Up to 100 Aboard Capsizes in Bangladesh [Published The China Blog - Feb 08 2013] (DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A passenger ferry capsized Friday after colliding with another ship on a river in central Bangladesh, dumping as many as 100 people into the water, officials and witnesses said. Police said there were no immediate reports of casualties ...
Ferry With Up to 100 Aboard Capsizes in Bangladesh [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Feb 08 2013] (DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A passenger ferry capsized Friday after colliding with another ship on a river in central Bangladesh, dumping as many as 100 people into the water, officials and witnesses said. Police said there were no immediate reports of casualties ...
Bangladesh: Media Criticized For Not Helping Mu... [Published Global Voices Online - Dec 12 2012] On Monday, 10th December, 2012, Bangladesh celebrated Human Rights Day with the aim of highlighting [bn] rights related issues pertaining to women, youth, tribal, poor and marginalized communities and bringing them to the mainstream discourse and ...