| Narayan Chandra Chanda | |
| Native Name: | নারায়ন চন্দ্র চন্দ |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of Land |
| Term Start: | 11 January 2024 |
| Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury |
| Constituency Mp1: | Khulna-5 |
| Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start1: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Mia Golam Parwar |
| Term Start2: | 2000 |
| Term End2: | 13 July 2001 |
| Predecessor2: | Salahuddin Yusuf |
| Office3: | Minister of Fisheries and Livestock |
| Term Start3: | 2 January 2018[1] |
| Term End3: | 7 January 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Mohammad Sayedul Haque |
| Successor3: | SM Rezaul Karim |
| Office4: | State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock |
| Term Start4: | 25 January 2014 |
| Term End4: | 2 January 2018 |
| Successor4: | Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Khulna, Bengal Province, British India |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Narayan Chandra Chanda (born 12 March 1945)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Land served in 2024. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-5 constituency, and a former Minister of Fisheries and Livestock.[3] [4] [5]
Chanda was born on 12 March 1945 in Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district.
Chanda was elected chairman of Bhandarpara Union Parishad of Dumuria upazila in the first union council election of Bangladesh. He had been elected Chairman for six consecutive times. He was elected a Member of Parliament in the Dumuria-Fultala (Khulna-5) constituency in the by-elections held on 27 December 2000 after the death of the then Health Minister Salahuddin Yusuf. He was again elected a Member of Parliament in the ninth parliamentary election of 2008. He was elected unopposed for the third time in the 10th parliamentary election in 2014, which the opposition boycotted citing unfair conditions for the election.[6] He got the office of State Minister of Fisheries and Live stocks in this term and later in 2018 he was preceded by Mohammad Sayedul Haque and got the office of Ministry of Fisheries and live stocks.
Chanda's son, Abhijit Chandra Chanda, died in January 2020 after committing suicide.[7]