Best things to do in Bangladesh, you should not miss.
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is the center of all political, cultural and economic activities of the country. Accommodating 22,478,116 people, Dhaka stands fourth among the most densely populated cities in the world, says a new study. It is situated on the bank of Buriganga river.
The city has a glorious past with twists and turns. It was first made the capital of Shubah Bangalah in 1610. Despite shifting and resifting of capital to and from Dhaka, the city continued to grow during the Mughal period. The city has a diverse range of attractions to overwhelm and surprise a visitor.
Rivers
The fascinating scenic beauties of rivers, the resilient lifestyles of rural people living by the riverside and the crazy waves of the rivers have made Bangladesh a unique landscape to explore. Bangladesh is a riverine country having as many as 700 rivers that crisscrossed the land and created the most complex river-system in the world.
Rivers, the integral part of social, cultural and national life, contributed to the economy in many ways. The fascinating scenic beauty of rivers and the resilient life style of the people are the great attractions for the tourists specially cruising by country boats and luxury vessels is the lifetime experience for the visitors.
Sundarbans
The Sundarbans, one of the most attractive places in Bangladesh, is the largest mangrove forest in the world. Visitors feel great enthusiasm and fascination to come to this nature’s bounties of exceptional character. The forest is a World Heritage site for its extra-ordinary vegetation and diverse ecological balance. No other tidal forests can match it in terms of diversity. Wonderful flora and fauna, divergent wildlife, paramount beauty of green canopy, thousands of meandering streams, rivers, creeks made this forest one of the great eco-tourist attractions.
The forest is famous as the primitive adobe of the Royal Bengal Tiger, the strongest, and most beautiful wild animal of the world.
North Bengal
North Bengal is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh. This part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Generally, it is the area lying west of Jamuna River and north of Padma River. There are many archaeological sites in North Bengal which you should not miss during your visit in Bangladesh. Specially you should visit Paharpur Buddhist Monastery which is UNESCO world heritage site, Kantajew Temple, Mahasthangarh, Temple city Puthia, Sota Sona Mosque, Bagha Mosque, Kusumba Mosque, Hardinge Bridge etc. These area specially Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabganj, Rangpur and Dinajpur are famous for sweetest mango. Visitors visit the mango orchards and taste the fresh mango in a festive way. North Bengal is also famous for litchi. Tourist also visit Hat (Market) where sells and distribute mango and litchi for all over Bangladesh. June is the best time for mango & litchi. You will find here the wonderful greenish landscape, vibrant rivers, wetlands and traditional fishing of the people.
Village
Spending your holidays in a serene country-side with relaxed and casual ambience would certainly be of your lifetime experience. Bangladesh, being a rural landscape, offers you that unique opportunity to explore the real and truly rural culture that will make your holiday most exciting and soul searching. Bangladeshi village, the tropical way of life which is not running fast, but having a rhythmic style and motion with colors and festivities captivates the tourists. Festivity is just a part and parcel of the life as every occasion is made memorable with big celebrations.
The People
Happiness needs no reason here. This is what you will feel when you will com to this land. Here everyone has a story – story to celebrate the life, story to survive, story to come to the help of others, story to become hospitable and smiling – which might be your lifetime experience. Even if homogeneous still people of different cast, creed and religion live here in peace and harmony from time immemorial.
Lifestyle of the people of Bangladesh is very much colorful with diverse and distinctive characteristics. The blend of modern and traditional culture and customs builds the base of this society. Here mutual respect and sharing is valuable than anything else.
Food
We are known for our passions for a wide variety of sweets made from milk. Rasho-gollah, Kalo-jam, shandesh, misti doi, shemai, chamcham…the list is way too long.
Although pitha (cake) is popular for celebrating a specific season, but it has a far more reasons to be celebrated for which pitha is always prepared and cherished in any Bangladeshi dinner table all over the year. Most pithas are sweet but that do not stop us from kaking it spicy. There are some pithas, which are made with meat and oterh spices. The chief ingredients of pitha ae sugarcane, date juice, rice, wheat flour, milk ect. Bhapa, pooli, patishapta, nakshipitha ect are common and celebrated in nay Bangladeshi kitchen.
Most of the Bangladeshi dishes are based on rice. Abundance of fishes in rivers and ponds and the love towards different varieties of the fishes in many forms of dished make proverb ‘Fish and rice makes a Bengali’ more meaningful. Especially Shorshe Ilish, a dish of smoked hilsha with mustard-seed paste is considered as the most significant and important part of the Bangladeshi cuisine.
Haor & Beel
Haor is a bowl shaped shallow wetland, which during monsoon, receives water from surrounding rivers and canals and turns into a larger water body. After the rains most of the wetlands get dry and become farmland again. A beel, on the other hand, is a lake-like wetland with static water. When full to the brim, a haor looks like an sea and the villages within it appear as islands.
Haat Bazar
A market place where people get all the commodities are called haat. This concept enshrined in the fabric of traditional rural Bengal. Typically, the market set up and pack up were such quick affairs, to listen to a description of their appearance and disappearance sounded astounding indeed, and is quite fascinating to witness even now. In every village there is a hut that sits once or tice a week and you will find all fresh commodities here. Farmers bring everything from their farms. The People wait for this haat day. On this day, they sell their products, earn money and purchase the necessary things for them. There are many popular and traditional bazar in Bangladesh like whole sale market in Kawran Bazar, Mirpur diabari bazar, Floting guava market in Banaripara & swarupkhati and many more.
Heritage Industries
The culture and tradition of Bangladesh are drawn from people’s faith, ethnic root, thoughts and aspirations and creativity, and the passion for life and nature. Unique geographic location, abundance in resources and natural splendour of the country have throughout the history attracted traders, travellers, religion preachers from outside to visit and settle in this land. Such continued interactions with people of diverse race, civilization and cultural background have helped Bangladesh further enrich its culture and civilization, still maintaining the distinctive indigenous elements. Similarly, the settlers have nurtured their own culture and civilization in this land by generations. As a result, Bangladesh today enjoys a diversified colourful cultural heritage