Plan a trip to Bangladesh

Places to see in Bangladesh

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Somapura MahaviharaUNESCO

  Ruins · Rajshahi Division

  Somapura Mahavihara, also known as Paharpur Buddhist Vihara, is a major Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist monastery (mahavihara) in Paharpur, Badalgachhi, Naogaon, Bangladesh.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Abdulmominbd (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Sixty Dome MosqueUNESCO

  ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ

  Religious · Khulna Division

  The Sixty Dome Mosque is a historical mosque, located in Bagerhat, in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Mosque City of Bagerhat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the largest mosque in Bangladesh from the Bengal Sultanate period (1352–1576).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: মোয়ায মাহমুদ (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Sundarbans South Wildlife SanctuaryUNESCO

  সুন্দরবন দক্ষিণ বন্যপ্রাণী অভয়ারণ্য

  Park & nature · Khulna Division

  Sundarbans South Wildlife Sanctuary is a reserve forest in Bangladesh that extends over an area of 36,970 hectares of mangrove forest. It is situated next to the Sundarbans National Park in West Bengal, India.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hiroki Ogawa (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Dhaka

  ঢাকা

  City · Dhaka Division

  Dhaka, formerly spelled as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With an estimated population of 36.6 million, Dhaka is the second largest city by population in the world, and is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Tanweer drmc (Public domain). Map

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  Chittagong

  চট্টগ্রাম

  City · Chattogram Division

  Chittagong, officially Chattogram, is the capital and largest city of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong District. It is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after the capital, Dhaka, and the largest city in the Greater Chittagong region, with a land area of 157 square kilometers.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Fez Cap 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Sylhet

  ধোপা দিঘী

  City · Sylhet Division

  Sylhet is a metropolitan city in the northeastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative centre for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Shafqat Rabbi (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Khulna

  খুলনা

  City · Khulna Division

  Khulna is the capital and largest city of Khulna Division and Khulna District in Bangladesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka, Chittagong, Gazipur, and Narayanganj, and the third most-populous metropolitan area in the country after Dhaka and Chittagong.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ferdous (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban

  জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন

  Memorial · Dhaka Division

  The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is the Parliament house of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. Initially designed for the Parliament of Pakistan by architect Louis Kahn, the complex is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world, covering 840,000 m2.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: MD SAIFUL AMIN (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lalbagh Fort

  লালবাগ কেল্লা

  Fort · Dhaka Division

  The Lalbagh Fort is a historic fort situated in the old city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its name is derived from its neighbourhood, Lalbagh, which means Red Garden. The term Lalbagh refers to reddish and pinkish hues in the Mughal architecture. The original fort was called Fort Aurangabad.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Dhaka Lalbagh Fort 5.JPG (Public domain). Map

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  Baitul Mukarram

  বায়তুল মোকাররম জাতীয় মসজিদ

  Religious · Dhaka Division

  Baitul Mukarram, officially Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, is the national mosque of Bangladesh. It is located at the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The mosque was completed in 1968. It has a capacity of more than 42,000 worshippers.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: আহসান হাবীব (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Buriganga River

  বুড়িগঙ্গা

  River · Dhaka Division

  Buriganga is a river in Bangladesh which flows past Dhaka. It stretches 29 km, passing through south and west of the capital. The river was the driving factor for Mughals to choose this city as the capital of Bengal Province.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Dhaka-bangla-port.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Gauḍa

  Ruins · West Bengal

  Gauḍa is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms. The Gauḍa region was also a province of several pan-Indian empires.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Dipankan001 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map