Shitalakshya River (
pronounced: Shitalokkha Nodi) (also known as
Lakhya River) is a
distributary of the
Brahmaputra. In its initial stages it flows in a southwest direction and then east of the city of
Narayanganj in central
Bangladesh until it merges with the
Dhaleswari near Kalagachhiya. A portion of its upper course is known as Banar River. The river is about long and at it widest, near Narayanganj, it is across. Its flow, measured at
Demra, has reached . It remains navigable year round. The river flows through Gazipur district forming its border with
Narsingdi for some distance and then through
Narayanganj District.