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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.
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.
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.
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.
DistrictBhola, BarishalBholaBangladesh’s largest island, set in the mouth of the Meghna: hilsa country, buffalo curd, wide chars and the mangrove islands of Monpura and Char Kukri-Mukri.
DistrictBogura, RajshahiBoguraThe gateway to North Bengal: a busy trading town on the Karatoa, home to Mahasthangarh — the oldest city site in Bangladesh — and to the country’s most famous sweet doi.
DistrictBrahmanbaria, ChattogramBrahmanbariaA river district on the Titas, close to the Tripura border, celebrated as the home of great classical musicians, with old temples and mosques and the sweet chhanamukhi.
DistrictChandpur, ChattogramChandpurThe “City of Hilsa”, where the Padma, the Meghna and the Dakatia meet — reached by launch from Dhaka’s Sadarghat, with wide river views and the freshest hilsa in the country.
DistrictChapainawabganj, RajshahiChapainawabganjThe mango capital of Bangladesh on the Indian border, where the ruins of Gaur, the old capital of the Bengal Sultanate, still stand among the orchards of Shibganj.
DistrictChattogramChattogramChattogram is Bangladesh's main port and second-largest city, and the gateway to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Travellers come for business, for Patenga beach and as a stop on the way to the hills.
DistrictChuadanga, KhulnaChuadangaA quiet, green border district on the Mathabhanga River, known for the old Carew & Co. works at Darshana, its date-palm gur and its role in the opening weeks of the 1971 war.
DistrictCox's Bazar, ChattogramCox's BazarCox's Bazar is home to one of the longest natural sea beaches in the world and is Bangladesh's busiest holiday destination. Buses are busiest around weekends and public holidays, so book early for those dates.
DistrictCumilla, ChattogramCumillaAn old town on the Gomti river, two to three hours from Dhaka, with the Buddhist ruins of Mainamati and Shalban Vihara on the Lalmai hills, a Second World War cemetery and the country’s most famous rosomalai.
DistrictDhakaDhakaDhaka is Bangladesh's capital and largest city, and the hub of its intercity bus network. Long-distance coaches use terminals and counters across the city, including Gabtoli, Sayedabad and Mohakhali, so check your ticket for the exact drop-off point.
DistrictDinajpur, RangpurDinajpurAn old district of rice fields and lychee orchards in the north-west, home to the Kantajew Temple — the finest terracotta temple in Bangladesh — the great Ramsagar tank and the ruins of the Dinajpur Rajbari.
DistrictFaridpur, DhakaFaridpurA Padma river district south-west of Dhaka, home of the Palli Kabi Jasimuddin, with the tall Mathurapur Deul and an easy road from Dhaka over the Padma Bridge.
DistrictFeni, ChattogramFeniA busy crossroads on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway, between the Tripura hills and the Bay of Bengal, with the Muhuri Project reservoir, old tanks and buffalo-milk curd.- DistrictGaibandha, RangpurGaibandhaA river district on the west bank of the Brahmaputra, known for its char villages, the Balasi ghat across from Bahadurabad, and its famous rosmonjuri sweet.
DistrictGazipur, DhakaGazipurDhaka’s busy northern neighbour, where the old Bhawal sal forest survives beside factories and research institutes — the easiest escape to green shade from the capital.
DistrictGopalganj, DhakaGopalganjA low-lying district of rivers, beels and canals on the Madhumati, known for Tungipara — birthplace and resting place of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — and for Orakandi, the centre of the Matua faith.
DistrictHabiganj, SylhetHabiganjThe southern gateway to Sylhet: tea gardens and hill forests on the eastern border, wide haors in the west, and the forests of Satchari and Rema-Kalenga, home to gibbons and hornbills.
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.
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.- DistrictJhalokati, 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.
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