Police foiled a sabotage attempt of miscreants to derail a train in Fatullah on Dhaka-Narayanganj route, ahead of the latest 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across Bangladesh called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties. Mokhlesur Rahman, sub-inspector of Narayanganj Government Railway Police, said miscreants attached a heavy iron plate to the rail line at Kotolerbagh in an attempt to derail the train. Locals first noticed it and informed police through the national emergency number 999. 562 arrested by RAB on charges of sabotage since Oct 28 On information, police rushed to the spot and removed the iron plate from the rail line. Police are trying to arrest those involved in the sabotage attempt, he said. RAB arrests 4, including Sramik Dal leader, from Dhaka's Jatrabari in sabotage case

Four people including three members of a family sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a residential building in Fatullah of Narayanganj early Sunday (August 13, 2023). Two more people sustained injuries in the incident. Sabuj Khandaker; Rana Miah, his wife Bithi Aktar and their child are now undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. Read: Burnt mother succumbs to injuries in DMCH; baby in emergency One of the other injured was identified as fruit seller Abu Kalam who is receiving treatment at National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR). The other injured was given first aid. Neighbours and relatives of the burn victims said a blast occurred on the fifth floor of a six-storey residential building owned by one Aslam Sikdar around 12 am. Later, locals rescued the tenants and sent them to Narayanganj General Hospital. They were subsequently shifted to the capital’s burn institute. Read: Woman burnt to death in Chattogram Fakhruddin, deputy director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence department, said doors and windows of the two units of the fifth floor and other valuables were burnt in the blast. Walls of the flat fell on the roof of a semi-pucca house near the building, leaving two more people injured, he said. The reason behind the blast and extent of damages will be known upon investigation, the fire service officer added. Reade more: 2 women among 9 burnt in gas line explosion in Dhaka

Two more victims of Narayanganj mosque blast succumbed to their injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Thursday taking the death toll to 31.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four suspected militants from Fatullah area of Narayanganj on Saturday.

A housewife, who sustained severe burn injures in an explosion on Tuesday, died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday night.

Narayanganj, Oct 13 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Saturday night arrested two suspected members of banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from a madrasa in Fatullah.

Narayanganj, Sep 29 (UNB) – The Khan Saheb Osmani Stadium in Fatullah, which had become one of the most important venues for cricket in the country since gaining ICC recognition in 2006, is today on the verge of destruction due to persistent waterlogging.