Narsingdi (Bengali: নরসিংদী Nôrshingdi) is a district in central Bangladesh.It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, and is the only district in Bangladesh that does not depend solely on agriculture. The district is famous for its textile craft industry.Narsingdi is bordered by Kishoreganj in the north & north-east, by Brahmanbaria in the east & south-east, Narayanganj at south & south-west and byGazipur in the west.

Subdivisions

There are six upazilas, or subdivisions, in the Narsingdi district.

1.    Belabo Upazila

2.    Monohardi Upazila

3.    Narsingdi Sadar Upazila

4.    Palash Upazila

5.    Raipura Upazila, Narsingdi

6.    Shibpur Upazila

History

Narsingdi, which translates as "lion man", is named after an ancient king who was believed to be "lionlike."

Economy

Narsingdi is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northern most east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×10⁹ m³). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×10⁹ m³) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered. Largest powerplant of Bangladesh,Ghorashal power plant,owned by Bangladesh Power Development Board(PDB)is situated in palash Upazilla. Narsingdi is riched by several number of jute mills,which plays an important rule in economy. Quality banana is also found here. The biggest and renowned HAAT of bangladesh is located here at NARSINGDI which is known as SEKERCHAR BABUR HAAT.

Places of interest

The Wari-Bateshwar ruins are located in this district. A famous kali temple(mandir) is located here at chinispore. The new lanch ghat is quite enjoyable place here at Narsingdi. One of the great hangout place is Arshinagar mini zoo,a very good view one can find here. Here at Narsingdi a stadium is also located.

Notable residents

Birsreshtha Matiur Rahman, Alhaj Moslehuddin Bhuiyan, Alhaj Moulavi Mohammed Tofazzal Hossain, Let. Gen.(Ret.) Nur Uddin Khan, Shahid Asad, Abdul Momen Khan, Mohammed Appel Mahmood, DR.Alauddin al Azad, Sondor Ali Gandhi, DR.Abdul Moin khan, noted pop icon Mehreen, M.A.Mannan, Santosh Saha, Lokeman Hossain, Kader Molla, Dulal Chakrobarty, Sankar Saha, Famous Poet Shamsur Rahman, Shahid Professor Saroj Kumar Adhikary, International Artist Shabuddin, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Dr.S.M.Arefin Siddiqui, Cinematographer Subrota Ripon,

Rivers

The Meghna, The Shitalakkha, The old Brahmaputra,Haridhoa are some of the main river flows through this district.

Communication

The communication system of this district is very good. The Dhaka-Sylhet highway, one of the important highways of Bangladesh, passes through Narsingdi. It is only one hour distance from Dhaka. Water way communication is also very good as lots of river flows through Narsingdi. Dhaka-Chittagong & Dhaka-Sylhet, two most busiest rail route of the country go through Narsingdi.