Dhaka is the
both the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
It is a city that is rich in history and culture and it is known
internationally as 'the City of Mosques
and Muslin
No journey
to Bangladesh
is finish without first viewing Dhaka. The city has a
strong Muslim influence that is reflected in the roughly mosques and historical
buildings that give the city its character. No one really knows when Dhaka
was founded. According to recorded history it was founded in 1608 AD,
but some seem to think the city was around even before that. The city has
always enjoyed some fame as a capital city in various capacities
and it suffered some heavy damage during the Bangladesh War of Independence in
1971. . Dhaka is a great kick off point your journey to
this amazing country.
See
Religious sites
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Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection, Armanitola
Rd, Old Dhaka.
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Baitul Mukarram Mosque. The national
mosque of Bangladesh.
It was built in 1968, and is the 10th largest mosque in the world.
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Chawk Mosque, Chowk Bazaar, Old Dhaka.
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Dhakeshwari
Temple (Dhakeshwari Jatiya Mandir),
Dhakeswari Rd, Dhaka
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Dhammarajika Bouddha Maha Vihar (Kamalapur
Buddhist Monastery), Atisha Dipankar Sarak, Kamalapur.
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Holy Rosary
Church (Tejgaon
Portuguese Church),
Farmagate, Tejgaon, Dhaka.
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Hussaini Dalan Mosque. Built during the 17th century by the Mughals as a house for
the imam, a religious leader.
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International Buddhist Monastery, Merul
Badda, Gulshan, Dhaka. A
Buddhist monastery that was founded in 1981, and has been at its current site
since 1989.
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Musa Khan Mosque, University
of Dhaka.
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Ramakrishna Mission, 27
RK Mission Road, Gopibag, Dhaka. A Hindu temple and complex that
was first founded in 1916.
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Saat Masjid (Seven-domed Mosque). A Mosque built during the 15th century.
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Sitara Mosque (Star Mosque) Armanitola
Rd, Old Dhaka. Built in the early 18th century, it has since been
redecorated with hundreds of tiles with star patterns.
Buildings
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Ahsan Manzil (Pink
Palace), Ahsanullah
Road, Dhaka.
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Banga Bhaban.
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Curzon Hall, University
of Dhaka, Dhaka.
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Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (National Parliament),
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
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Lalbagh Fort (Bengali : Lalbagh Kella), Lalbagh,
Old Dhaka.
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Old High
Court Building,
Kazi Nazrul Islam Ave,
Ramna, Dhaka
Monuments
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1857 Memorial (Bahadur
Shah Park),
Sadarghat.
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Aparajeya Bangla, University of Dhaka.
Ø Central Shaheed Minar, In front of the Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka.
Ø Jatiyo Smriti Soudho (National Martyrs' Memorial), Savar, Dhaka District (35km north-west of the city.).
Ø Mausoleum of National Leaders, Southwestern corner of Suhrawardy Uddyan.
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National Poet's Graveyard, (Adjacent to the University's
mosque
Parks
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Baldha
Garden, Wari, Old Dhaka
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National Botanical Gradens, Mirpur, Dhaka.
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Ramna Green (Ramna
Park), Ramna, Dhaka
(Near the Sheraton Hotel).
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Suhrawardi Uddyan (Ramna Racecourse), Suhrawardi
Uddan Rd, Ramna, Dhaka.
Do
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Bangabandhu
Memorial Museum,
Road#32, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
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Dhaka Zoo (Mirpur Zoo),
Mirpur, Dhaka.
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Institute
of Arts and Crafts (Charukola
Institute), University of Dhaka,
Shahbag.
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Liberation
War Museum,
5 Segun Bagicha, Dhaka.
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National
Museum, Shahbag
Rd Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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National
Museum of Science and Technology,
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
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Sadarghat
River Front. A huge river port on
the banks of the Buriganga river.
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Ride a rickshaw through the maze of narrow
laneways the is old Dhaka.
Buy
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Banga (or Bango) Bazar, is a block west of the
Gulistan bus station on Kamruzzaman Sharani Street at the edge of Old Dhaka.
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New Market on Mirpur
Road in Dhanmondi, just west of Dhaka
University.
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Bashundhara
City on Pantha Path just west of
the Pan Pacific Hotel.
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Garment seconds, Banga Bazar and Pallwell Market
(BB : Gulistan area, just west of
Motijheel); PM : Purana Paltan area (just besid Jonaki Cinema Hall).
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Pink Pearls.
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Aarong.
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Aranya, 60 Kemal Ataturk, Banani.
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