5. BANGLADESH at a GlANCE
Full name: people’s Republic of
Bangladesh
Founder: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
President:Mr.Md.Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister:Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Captial:Dhaka
Currency:Taka
Area: 147,570 Square km
Population: 164.7 million (2017)
Independence form pakistan:16 dec 1971
Major income source: Agriculture
6. Tourism in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is nature of beauty. Her tourist attractions include
archaeological sites, historic mosques and monuments,
resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forest and wildlife. Bangladesh
offers opportunities for angling, water-skiing, river cruising,
hiking, rowing, surfing, yachting and sea bathing as well as
bringing one in close touch with Mother Nature.
7. Sylhet is one of the major tourist Attarction in Bangladesh.it has
also a Very intersting and rich history. Called‘’the land of two
leaves and a bud’’
The main sources of Natural beauty of sylhet
Jaflong
Madhabkunda Waterfall
Lawacherra Rain Forest
Tea gardens
Wonderland of sylhet
8. JAFLONG
•Collection of rolling stones
•Colorful tribal lifeSee
•Rajbari ( The king's palace)
•Dauki and Piyain Rivers
•Tea Garden
•Orange and jackfruit gardens
•Betel leaf and areca nut gardens
•Dauki Bazar
9. Madhabkunda, the largest waterfall
in Bangladesh situated in Barlekha
Upazilla in Moulvibazar District of
Bangladesh
Madhabkunda, become one of the
most Attractive tourist destination in
Bangladesh.
Every day a huge number of tourists
and picnic parties come here for
their enjoyment
One of the most heart touching and
amazing experience is the journey to
the Madhabkunda.
10. Lawachara is a forest of beauty. Different wildlife is
available there. In Lawachara there are 450 Species of
Plants. 6 species of Reptiles., 240 species of Birds and
20 species of Mammal available.
Different types of Monkeys, Foxes,Wild dogs, Bear,
Barking Dear, Snacks surely make you mind joyful.
During the rainy season, you should alert about Leech.
11. CHITTAGONG DIVISON
Cox’s Bazar, The Tourist Capital of Bangladesh.
It is World's Longest Sea Beach, Forested Hills on
Shoreline, Over many years Cox's Bazar has been an
attraction to both international and domestic
tourists. Opportunities of bathing and swimming in
shark free warm water makes Cox’s Bazar a top
tourist attraction
St. Martin's Island is very popular tourist spot.it
is a small island in the northemastern part of
the bay of benglal.
St.martin’s popular for it’s natural beauty
12. Chittagong Hill Tracts
The Attraction of Bandarban is:
Boga Lake
Nilgiri etc.
The Attraction of Rangamati
Hanging Bridge
Kaptai Lake
13. Barisal Divison
Kuakata is the second
largest Sea Beach in
Bangladesh. This place
known as ‘Daughter of
Ocean’.
Kuakata beach is a sandy
expanse 18 kilometres long
and 3 kilometres wide.
Kuakata is the place
where you can see sunrise
and sunset at the same place
It is the edge of the sea of
bay of bengal
14. Khulna Divison
Sundarban is one of most natural beauty
of Beautyfull Bangladesh..This Forest is the largest
mangrove forest in the world.The unique beauty of
this forest is sundariTrees and it is the one of the main
beauty of this forest and this forest also provides a
unique ecosystem and a rich wildlife. According to the
2011 tiger census, the Sundarbans have about 270
tigers. many Deer, different types of Birds, Crocodiles,
Snakes and many trees are enriching its panoramic
beauty.
15. Historical places In
BangladeshMahasthangarhstands
as one of the oldest
cities of Bangladesh. It
takes just a four-hour
bus ride to go to
Mahasthangarh from
Dhaka. Till the Muslims
invaded this city, it was
known as
Pundravardhana—an
affluent city that lasted
for more than 800
years.
16. Somapura Mahavihara :located
in Paharpur, it is the largest ancient
india. It was bult by the second
king Dharmapala.it was designated
as a UNESCO world haritage site in
1985.
17. Dhaka Divison
Shaheed Minar is National
Memorial in dhaka Bangladesh,
established to commemorate
those killed during the bangla
language movement
demonstrations of 1952 in
then East Pakistan . It was
designed and built by Hamidur
Rahman a Bangladeshi man.
18. Beauties of Bangladesh River
Bangladesh is riverine country.
There are about 700 rivers in Bangladesh
The major rivers of bangladesh are
Padma, Meghna ,Jomuna, Brahmaputra
etc.
19. Cultural Carnival
Book Fair of immortals of the 21st [of
February]' popularly known as ’Ekushey Boi Mela’
It is the national book fair of Bangladesh. It is
arranged each year by Bangla academy and takes
place for the whole month of February in Dhaka.
Pahela Baishakh or Bangla Noboborsho is
the first day of bangla new calender. It is
celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday
in bangladesh
The Bengali New Year is observed as
a public holiday in Bangladesh.
It is celebrated across religious boundaries
by its Muslim majority and Hindu minority