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Kishorganj, town, east-central Bangladesh. It lies along the Kundali Khal River, which is navigable during the rainy monsoon season.

Formerly noted for muslin manufacture, it was the site of a factory (trading post) of the British East India Company. Kishorganj was constituted a municipality in 1869. It now contains sugar and paper mills and is connected by road and rail with Mymensingh and Bhairab Bazar. Pop. (2001) 77,610; (2011) 103,798.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.
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