Heritage
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
Illustrative photoHeritageJoypurhat, RajshahiLakma RajbariThe weathered ruins of an old zamindar palace in the fields of Panchbibi, close to the Indian border — a favourite picnic spot for the district.
HeritageDhakaLalbagh FortAn unfinished 17th-century Mughal fort with gardens and the tomb of Pari Bibi.
Illustrative photoHeritageKushtia, KhulnaLalon Shah’s Shrine, CheuriaThe akhra and resting place of the mystic singer Lalon Shah, where Bauls gather to sing — above all at the spring and October festivals.
HeritageBogura, RajshahiMahasthangarhThe ruins of Pundranagara, one of the oldest cities in Bangladesh.
HeritageTangail, DhakaMahera Zamindar BariA well-kept group of colourful zamindar palaces with ponds and gardens, now inside a police training centre and open to visitors.
Illustrative photoHeritageCumilla, ChattogramMainamati War CemeteryA peaceful Commonwealth war cemetery for soldiers of the Second World War who died in the Burma campaign.
Illustrative photoHeritageFaridpur, DhakaMathurapur DeulA tall, many-sided brick tower temple with terracotta decoration, rising alone over the fields of Madhukhali and protected as an archaeological monument.
Illustrative photoHeritageGopalganj, DhakaMausoleum of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur RahmanThe mausoleum complex at Tungipara where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding president, is buried beside his parents, near the house where he was born.- Illustrative photoHeritageKushtia, KhulnaMir Mosharraf Hossain’s BirthplaceThe village of Lahinipara, where the author of *Bishad Sindhu* was born in 1847, with a memorial to him at his family home.
- Illustrative photoHeritageRajbari, DhakaMir Mosharraf Hossain’s Grave, PadamdiThe village of Padamdi, where the author of Bishad Sindhu spent his last years and lies buried, with a memorial to his life and work.
Illustrative photoHeritagePatuakhali, BarishalMisripara Buddhist TempleA Rakhine Buddhist temple in the village of Misripara near Kuakata, known for its very large statue of the seated Buddha.
Illustrative photoHeritageMeherpur, KhulnaMujibnagar Memorial ComplexThe mango grove where the Provisional Government of Bangladesh was sworn in on 17 April 1971, now a memorial complex with a monument, sculptures and a map of the war.
Illustrative photoHeritageMymensinghMuktagachha Zamindar BariThe old seat of the Acharya Chowdhury zamindars, with its palace ruins and temples — and the town where monda was born.
HeritageDhakaNational Parliament HouseLouis Kahn's landmark building, best seen from the lake and lawns around it.- Illustrative photoHeritageNatore, RajshahiNatore RajbariThe palace of the Natore rajas, set among ponds and old gardens.
Illustrative photoHeritageDinajpur, RangpurNayabad MosqueA small three-domed eighteenth-century mosque with terracotta decoration, a short way from the Kantajew Temple.- Illustrative photoHeritageGopalganj, DhakaOrakandi ThakurbariThe home of Harichand Thakur, founder of the Matua faith, and the movement’s great place of pilgrimage, which fills with devotees for the Baruni Snan each spring.
Illustrative photoHeritageBarishalOxford Mission ChurchA tall red-brick church from the early 20th century, built by the Anglican Oxford Mission in the middle of Barishal city, with quiet, tree-shaded grounds.
Illustrative photoHeritageNaogaon, RajshahiPaharpur Buddhist ViharaThe ruins of Somapura Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.- Illustrative photoHeritageRangpurPairaband, Begum Rokeya’s birthplaceThe village where Begum Rokeya, pioneer of women’s education in Bengal, was born in 1880, with the ruins of her family home and a memorial centre in her name.
- Illustrative photoHeritageFaridpur, DhakaPalli Kabi Jasimuddin’s HouseThe family home of the poet Jasimuddin on the Kumar river, with his grave under the pomegranate tree he wrote about and a small museum.
HeritageNarayanganj, DhakaPanam CityA street of ruined 19th-century merchant houses in the old capital, an easy day trip.- Illustrative photoHeritageNaogaon, RajshahiPatisar Rabindra KachharibariThe estate house on the Nagar river where Rabindranath Tagore stayed while running his family’s Kaligram estate, now a memorial museum.
- Illustrative photoHeritageRajshahiPuthia Temple ComplexTerracotta temples and a palace of the old Puthia zamindars, around quiet ponds.
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