- This article is about the city. For the district, see Narayanganj District.
Narayanganj (
Bengali: নারায়ণগঞ্জ
Naraeongônj) 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
Shitalakshya 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.
Dundee was the first industrialised Juteopolis in the world.