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DistrictPabna, RajshahiPabnaAn old district town on the Padma, known for the Hardinge Bridge at Paksey, the terracotta Jor Bangla temple, Suchitra Sen’s childhood home and its handloom and dairy villages.
DistrictPanchagarh, RangpurPanchagarhBangladesh’s northernmost district, where on clear autumn mornings Kanchenjunga rises above Tetulia, flat-land tea gardens line the roads and Banglabandha marks the country’s northern tip.
DistrictPatuakhali, BarishalPatuakhaliThe coastal district of Kuakata, the “daughter of the sea”, where you can watch both sunrise and sunset over the Bay of Bengal, with Rakhine villages, Buddhist temples and wide estuaries.- DistrictPirojpur, BarishalPirojpurA district of rivers, canals and orchards on the Baleshwar, home to the guava market of Atghar-Kuriana, the timber town of Swarupkathi and the floating gardens of Nazirpur.
- DistrictRajbari, DhakaRajbariA quiet Padma-side district at the meeting of the Padma and the Jamuna, home to the old river port of Goalanda and the last home of the writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain.
DistrictRajshahiRajshahiRajshahi, on the Padma river in Bangladesh's north-west, is known for its silk, its mangoes and the Varendra Research Museum, and is often called the Silk City.
DistrictRangamati, ChattogramRangamatiThe lake district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts: green hills standing in the blue water of Kaptai Lake, Buddhist monasteries, Chakma and Marma villages, and the road up to Sajek Valley.
DistrictRangpurRangpurThe capital of Bangladesh’s far north: a green, unhurried divisional city with the Tajhat Palace, the domed Carmichael College and, an hour away, the village where Begum Rokeya was born.
DistrictSatkhira, KhulnaSatkhiraThe south-western corner of Bangladesh, on the Indian border: shrimp and crab country, early Himsagar mangoes, and the quieter western gateway to the Sundarbans at Munshiganj.
DistrictShariatpur, DhakaShariatpurA district between the Padma and the Meghna, named after Haji Shariatullah, where the Padma Bridge comes ashore at Jajira.- DistrictSherpur, MymensinghSherpurA quiet district on the edge of the Garo Hills, with forested hills, lakes and eco-parks at Gajni and Madhutila, Garo and Hajong villages, and fragrant Tulsimala rice.
DistrictSirajganj, RajshahiSirajganjThe gateway to the north on the west bank of the Jamuna, known for the Jamuna Bridge, Rabindranath Tagore’s Kachharibari at Shahzadpur and the handloom villages of Belkuchi and Enayetpur.
DistrictSunamganj, SylhetSunamganjThe haor country of the north-east: vast seasonal wetlands under the Meghalaya hills, the clear Jadukata river, and the home of the mystic singers Hason Raja and Shah Abdul Karim.
DistrictSylhetSylhetSylhet, in Bangladesh's north-east, is known for its tea gardens, the Ratargul swamp forest and Jaflong on the Indian border, and for the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal.
DistrictTangail, DhakaTangailA district on the Jamuna north-west of Dhaka, famous for its handwoven Tangail saris, Porabari’s chamcham, the Atia Mosque and the sal forest of Madhupur.
DistrictThakurgaon, RangpurThakurgaonA quiet farming district on the Tangon river near the Indian border, known for its Surjapuri mangoes, a centuries-old mango tree at Harinmari and the restored Balia Mosque.
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