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Illustrative photoHeritageChuadanga, KhulnaAat KoborThe “Eight Graves”: a memorial where eight freedom fighters killed in a battle in 1971 lie buried side by side.
HeritageDhakaAhsan ManzilThe pink palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka, now a museum.
Illustrative photoNatureNaogaon, RajshahiAlta DighiA long, ancient pond fringed with sal forest near the Indian border, protected as a national park and visited by migratory birds in winter.
Illustrative photoHillsKhagrachhari, ChattogramAlutila CaveA dark, narrow tunnel through a hill just outside Khagrachhari town, walked by the light of a burning torch, with a viewpoint over the valley above it.
Illustrative photoHeritageMeherpur, KhulnaAmjhupi NeelkuthiA 19th-century indigo planters’ house by the Kazla River, among old trees, recalling the days of indigo cultivation in Bengal.
Illustrative photoHeritageBrahmanbaria, ChattogramArifail MosqueA graceful Mughal-era mosque in a Sarail village, set beside a large old tank.
HeritageDhakaArmenian ChurchA church from 1781, built by Dhaka's community of Armenian merchants.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverPirojpur, BarishalAtghar-Kuriana Floating Guava MarketGuava orchards and a floating market on the canals near Swarupkathi, where farmers sell the harvest from small boats in the monsoon.
Illustrative photoHeritageTangail, DhakaAtia MosqueA Mughal-era mosque from 1609 with rich terracotta decoration, beside the Louhajang river; it once appeared on the ten-taka note.- Illustrative photoHeritageMunshiganj, DhakaBaba Adam’s MosqueA six-domed sultanate mosque built in 1483 at Rampal, the old seat of the Sena kings — one of the oldest standing buildings of the Dhaka region.
DistrictBagerhat, KhulnaBagerhatHome of the UNESCO-listed Mosque City built by Khan Jahan Ali, with the Sixty Dome Mosque at its heart, and gateway to the eastern Sundarbans through Mongla.- Illustrative photoHeritageRajshahiBagha MosqueA ten-domed mosque from the early 16th century, rich in terracotta decoration.
- Illustrative photoLake & RiverMoulvibazar, SylhetBaikka BeelA protected wetland sanctuary in Hail Haor near Sreemangal, with a watchtower over water lilies, fish and winter birds.
- Illustrative photoHeritageNoakhali, ChattogramBajra Shahi MosqueA three-domed mosque from the Mughal period, set beside a large pond at Bajra — one of the finest old buildings in Noakhali.
Illustrative photoLake & RiverGaibandha, RangpurBalasi GhatA Brahmaputra ghat east of Gaibandha town, with wide river views, boats to the chars and across to Bahadurabad, and a lively riverside at sunset.- Illustrative photoHeritageThakurgaon, RangpurBalia MosqueA three-domed zamindar-era mosque near Bhulli, left without its domes for over a century and completed only in recent years — locally called the “jinn’s mosque”.
- Illustrative photoHeritageManikganj, DhakaBaliati Zamindar BariA row of grand nineteenth-century palace buildings with tall Corinthian columns, built by a merchant zamindar family and now protected by the Department of Archaeology.
DistrictBandarban, ChattogramBandarbanThe highest hills in Bangladesh: the Sangu river, mountain roads above the clouds, Marma, Mro and Bawm villages, Boga Lake, Nafakhum and the golden Buddha Dhatu Jadi.
Illustrative photoNaturePanchagarh, RangpurBanglabandha Zero PointThe northern tip of Bangladesh and a land port to India, where travellers come to stand at the “zero point” at the very end of the country.
DistrictBarguna, BarishalBargunaA coastal district between the Bishkhali, Payra and Baleshwar rivers, with quiet sea beaches, the Tengragiri mangrove forest and the Rakhine villages of Taltali.
Illustrative photoHillsSunamganj, SylhetBarikkatilaA green hillock on the bank of the clear Jadukata river, right under the Meghalaya hills, with one of the best river views in the north-east.
DistrictBarishalBarishalThe river capital of the south, often called the Venice of Bengal: a city on the Kirtankhola reached by overnight launch, with old churches and ponds, a grand village mosque and green canals all around.- Illustrative photoHeritageJhenaidah, KhulnaBarobazar MosquesA cluster of Sultanate-period brick mosques, many uncovered from earth mounds by excavation, around an old settlement on the Jashore–Jhenaidah highway.
- Illustrative photoHeritageChattogramBayazid Bostami ShrineA hilltop shrine, known for the rare turtles that live in its pond.
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