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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.
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.
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.
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.
DistrictKishoreganj, DhakaKishoreganjThe gateway to the great haors of the north-east, with the wide waters of Nikli and Austagram, the Sholakia Eid ground and the temple of the poet Chandrabati.
DistrictKurigram, RangpurKurigramA district of great rivers, where the Brahmaputra enters Bangladesh and the Teesta, Dharla and Dudhkumar flow in — a land of chars, river boats and the old Chilmari port of Bhawaiya song.
DistrictKushtia, KhulnaKushtiaOften called the cultural capital of Bangladesh: home of Lalon Shah’s shrine at Cheuria, Rabindranath Tagore’s Kuthibari at Shilaidaha and the birthplace of Mir Mosharraf Hossain, on the banks of the Padma and the Gorai.
DistrictLakshmipur, ChattogramLakshmipurA green, quiet district on the east bank of the Meghna, known for its coconut and betel-nut groves, soybean fields, hilsa landings and wide river views from Majuchowdhury Hat to Ramgati.
DistrictLalmonirhat, RangpurLalmonirhatA long, narrow border district along the Teesta, home to the Tin Bigha Corridor and the Dahagram–Angarpota enclave, the Burimari land port and the Doani end of the Teesta Barrage.
DistrictMadaripur, DhakaMadaripurA river district on the Arial Khan, now just across the Padma Bridge from Dhaka, known for Shakuni Lake in its town, the monkeys of Charmugria and its winter date-palm molasses.
DistrictMagura, KhulnaMaguraA farming district on the Nabaganga and the Madhumati, home to the ruins of Raja Sitaram Ray’s capital at Mohammadpur and birthplace of the poet Farrukh Ahmad.
DistrictManikganj, DhakaManikganjA green river district just west of Dhaka, where the Padma and the Jamuna meet, known for its old zamindar palaces, Hazari gur and the ferry ghats of Paturia and Aricha.
DistrictMeherpur, KhulnaMeherpurA small border district of mango groves and villages, and the birthplace of the Bangladesh government: the Provisional Government took its oath at Mujibnagar on 17 April 1971.
DistrictMoulvibazar, SylhetMoulvibazarBangladesh’s tea country: rolling gardens around Sreemangal and Kamalganj, the rainforest of Lawachara, the great wetland of Hakaluki and Manipuri and Khasi villages among the hills.
DistrictMunshiganj, DhakaMunshiganjOld Bikrampur, the land of the Sena kings and of Atish Dipankar, between the Padma, the Meghna and the Dhaleshwari — with a Mughal fort, a 15th-century mosque and the hilsa of Mawa.
DistrictMymensinghMymensinghA green river town on the Old Brahmaputra, home to Shashi Lodge, the Zainul Abedin Museum and the zamindar houses of Muktagachha — and to Muktagachha’s famous monda.
DistrictNaogaon, RajshahiNaogaonThe rice bowl of the north-west, rich in Varendra heritage: Paharpur’s great monastery, the black-stone Kusumba Mosque, the Kaivarta pillar of Dibar Dighi and Tagore’s estate house at Patisar.
DistrictNarail, KhulnaNarailA quiet district on the Chitra river, home of the painter S. M. Sultan, whose riverside house is now a museum, and of the boat races and village life he painted.
DistrictNarayanganj, DhakaNarayanganjDhaka’s old river port on the Shitalakshya, once the heart of the jute trade, and home to Sonargaon, the medieval capital of Bengal with its Panam City, folk-art museum and Mughal river forts.
DistrictNarsingdi, DhakaNarsingdiA weaving and trading district on the Meghna, east of Dhaka, best known to travellers for Wari-Bateshwar, the remains of a fortified town more than two thousand years old.- DistrictNatore, RajshahiNatoreThe old seat of Rani Bhabani’s great estate, with two palaces — Natore Rajbari and Uttara Gonobhaban — the vast Chalan Beel, and the kacha golla sweet the whole country knows.
DistrictNetrokona, MymensinghNetrokonaA land of haors, baul songs and the Garo Hills’ edge, where the Someshwari river at Birishiri and the blue-green clay lakes of Bijoypur draw travellers north.
DistrictNilphamari, RangpurNilphamariA quiet northern district where the Teesta enters Bangladesh: the Teesta Barrage at Dalia, the old Nilsagar lake, and Saidpur, the railway town with the region’s airport.
DistrictNoakhali, ChattogramNoakhaliA coastal district on the Meghna estuary, known for its lively dialect, Gandhi’s 1946 peace mission and the island of Nijhum Dwip, home to spotted deer and mangroves off Hatiya.
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