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Illustrative photoNatureCox's Bazar, ChattogramHimchariGreen hills and a small waterfall on the Marine Drive, with a view down the beach.
Illustrative photoHeritageMunshiganj, DhakaIdrakpur FortA compact Mughal water fort in the middle of Munshiganj town, with a tall round gun platform that once watched over the rivers below Dhaka.
BeachCox's Bazar, ChattogramInani BeachRocks scattered along the sand and calmer, clearer water than the town beach.
Lake & RiverKishoreganj, DhakaItna–Mithamoin–Austagram Haor RoadAn all-weather road built across the middle of the haors, which in the monsoon runs like a ribbon over open water.
Lake & RiverSylhetJaflongClear water over stones on the Piyain river, with the Khasi hills rising just across the border.
DistrictJamalpur, MymensinghJamalpurA river district between the Jamuna and the Old Brahmaputra, known for nakshi kantha embroidery, with the Garo foothills at Lauchapra in its far north.
Lake & RiverSirajganj, RajshahiJamuna BridgeThe long road-and-rail bridge across the Jamuna, opened in 1998 and long known as Bangabandhu Bridge — best seen from the riverbank at its Sirajganj end.
DistrictJashore, KhulnaJashoreOne of the oldest districts of Bengal, famous for winter date-palm molasses, the flower fields of Gadkhali, the poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s birthplace at Sagardari and the Benapole border crossing to India.
Illustrative photoHeritageSatkhira, KhulnaJeshoreshwari Kali TempleAn old Kali temple at Ishwaripur, revered as one of the Shakti Peethas and linked with Raja Pratapaditya, drawing pilgrims from both sides of the border.
Illustrative photoDistrictJhalokati, BarishalJhalokatiA small river town on the Sugandha and Bishkhali, once a great trading port, now best known for the floating guava market of Bhimruli and its web of canals.
DistrictJhenaidah, KhulnaJhenaidahA district of old mosques and village life on the Nabaganga, with the Sultanate-era mosques of Barobazar and the giant banyan tree of Mallikpur.
Illustrative photoHeritagePabna, RajshahiJor Bangla Temple, PabnaAn 18th-century brick temple of two joined hut-shaped roofs, decorated with terracotta, hidden in the old lanes of Pabna town.
DistrictJoypurhat, RajshahiJoypurhatA small, green farming district on the Indian border between Bogura and Dinajpur, known for its potatoes and sugar mill, an old zamindar palace at Lakma and easy access to Paharpur.- Illustrative photoHeritageBrahmanbaria, ChattogramKal Bhairab TempleA revered Hindu temple by the Titas, home to one of the tallest images of Kal Bhairab, a fierce form of Shiva.
- Illustrative photoHeritageDinajpur, RangpurKantajew TempleAn eighteenth-century Krishna temple whose every wall is covered in terracotta panels — the finest example of Bengal’s terracotta temple art.
Lake & RiverRangamati, ChattogramKaptai LakeThe country's largest man-made lake, with Rangamati's famous hanging bridge.
Illustrative photoHeritageSylhetKeane BridgeThe old steel bridge over the Surma, next to Ali Amjad's clock tower. Lovely in the evening.
DistrictKhagrachhari, ChattogramKhagrachhariA green valley town on the Chengi river, ringed by hills: Alutila cave, Risang waterfall, Tripura, Chakma and Marma villages, and the gateway to Sajek Valley.
Illustrative photoHeritageBagerhat, KhulnaKhan Jahan Ali’s TombThe domed tomb of the saint who founded Bagerhat, beside the great tank of Thakur Dighi — a place of pilgrimage for over five centuries.
Illustrative photoHeritageBogura, RajshahiKherua MosqueA small three-domed brick mosque from 1582, from the early years of Mughal rule in Bengal, standing in a quiet green compound in Sherpur.
Illustrative photoHeritageLakshmipur, ChattogramKhoa Sagar DighiA huge old pond at Dalal Bazar, dug in the zamindari era and ringed by trees — one of the largest dighis in the region and a calm place for an afternoon walk.
Illustrative photoNatureChattogramKhoiyachora WaterfallA forest trek to a waterfall that drops in several steps. Fullest in the monsoon.
DistrictKhulnaKhulnaA river city on the Rupsha and the main gateway to the Sundarbans, known for its prawns, chui jhal mutton and the Tagore family’s roots nearby.
Illustrative photoHeritageJhalokati, BarishalKirtipasha Zamindar BariThe weathered mansions and temple of an old zamindar family in Kirtipasha village, on the road to the guava country.
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