Ahsan Manzil : most significant architectural monuments
Ahsan Manzil is one of the most significant architectural monuments of Dhaka situated on the bank of the river Buriganga. It has been turned into a museum in 1992 yet it was the residential palace and ..full story..
Pahela Baishakh : Festive Start of Bangla New Year
Pahela Baishakh is the first day of the Bangla year. Pahela Baishakh is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal . In Bangladesh Pahela Baishakh is a national holiday..full story..
Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Museum of Sonargaon is a mini replica of the country. The main objective of this unique organisation is to preserve and display the traditional art and cultural heritage...full story..
International MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
International Mother Language Day was introduced by the UNESCO in recognition of the sanctity and preservation of all vernacular languages in the world. The event began being observed from 21 February...full story..
Dhaka's Ramakrishna Mission
Dedicated to contemplative life and philanthropic services Dhaka's Ramakrishna Mission, branch of the Ramakrishna Mission established in India inspired by the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Hindu reformer and humanist..full story..
Winter in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh winter days are not wintry days. Winter in Bangladesh is pleasant, eagerly awaited and planned for. The autumn season passes off almost unnoticed in this country. But if nature had shortchanged us in one way, she has compensated...full story..
Professor Muhammad Yunus - Living Bangladeshi Legend
Beyond independence in 1971 and restoration of democracy in 1991, Bangladesh witnessed the biggest achievement as Professor Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank were declared the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 on October 13 for pioneering the use of micro-credit to benefit poor entrepreneurs. He is the first Bangladeshi and the third Bangalee after poet Rabindranath Tagore..MORE..
Selling flowers in Dhaka
Selling flowers by adolescent boys & girls is a common scenario of Dhaka City . Almost everybody may have experienced this stacking in traffic jam. This shows the love of flowers and fragrance as well as a livelihood of some poor family. Indeed Flower business in Dhaka City is booming day by day. This is because Love for flowers is ingrained in almost everybody.MORE..
Iftar Delicacies of Dhaka The holy month of Ramazan is back again in the Muslim world. Bangladesh with its large Muslim population observes Ramazan with great piety and fervour. The daylong fasting ends at sunset and the faithful break their fasting with the delicacies of IFTARI. Dhaka , particularly its densely populated older section bustles and buzzes with the rush home and the selling and buying of Iftari items..MORE..
Swarighat, is a key wholesale fish market on the north bank of the Dhaka's main river Buriganga. It is one of the oldest markets established in the middle of nineteenth century. This is a unique wholesale fish market operates for only a few hours in the early morning. The trader of other 24 big wholesales fish market of the capital as well as hundreds..MORE..
The Ramna Race Course Maidan was an extravaganza of green, comprising hundreds of acres. In this vast greenery, there stood another great landmark of the then Dacca, almost at its centre, there was the Ramna Kalibari, with its majestic spire towering over the clear landscape with an unobstr ...MORE..
Bahadur Shah Park, also known as Victoria Park, since the first half of the 19th century, was erected at the initiative of Nawab Abdul Ghani, in the Sadar Ghat area, on the ruins of an old building, called Antaghar, a club house of the Armenians, then ..MORE..
Bangla Academy : The Symbol of Bangla Language
Bangla Academy , the national academy of arts and literature, is an institution devoted to the development of language, literature and culture of the country. Its history is entwined with the history of the struggle for our mother tongue and War of Liberation of the country...MORE..
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangali year is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal In Bangladesh Pahela Baishakh is a national..MORE..
Muslim population of British India, especially those who lived in the Eastern part of Bengal, were greatly deprived of the advantage of the facilities given by British Government during...MORE..
Marriage ceremony at Bangladesh
Marriages are held all over the year in Bangladesh, but winter is most acceptable season. Because the season is very comfortable and rural communication is very easy and non-hazardous...MORE..
Seven Icons of History at Dhaka
Bangladesh was liberated in 16 December 1971 , after a decisive nine months of War of Liberation against the oppressive rule of the then Pakistani Military Rulers. Therefore..MORE..
Museums and Cultural Centres at Dhaka
This is July – the month of Rain. Its beautiful to see the rain fall in different style all the day long. Some times it is torrential, some times it drizzles. It is...more..
Places of Interest at Dhaka
At first impression, Dhaka is a typically modern Third World capital with wide boulevards and cement-block towers, everything ...more...
Lalbagh Fort : A Mughal archaeological relic at Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort or Fort Aurangabad, is an incomplete Mughal palace fortress at Dhaka on the river Buriganga in the southwestern part of the old city. The river has now gone further south and flows at quite a distance from the fort. Though in eighteenth century more than half of this east-west oblong fortress touched the water of the river ..more..
Baldah Garden : A lonely sanctuary at Dhaka
When you are in Dhaka, you may get exhausted and bored looking at the rising structures on all sides you cast your eyes. Take only an hour's retreat before or after launch and take a taxi and tell him to take you to Baldah Garden. ..more..
Let's go boating at Dhaka
For those who come to Dhaka and also the Dhakaites, boating has now become a recreational activity because when one is on water one can at least fantasise that s/he is not confined within this urban mess. There are very few boating destinations. ..more..
Cane Furniture - Outstandingly Bangladeshi
Canes, known locally as ‘bet', are mostly trailing or climbing palms with characteristic scaly fruits of the Arecaceae family (Palmae). The fruits are covered by vertical rows of reflexed overlapping scales. The scales are grooved along the midline. Cane grows in humid climate of Bangladesh and in the areas ..
Eateries at Dhaka – Outstandingly Bangladeshi
There's a philosophical saying, 'we eat to live or we live to eat!' Those who think they eat to live do not sniffle much about what they eat and take only that much of food which keeps their body and soul to work together. To those, taste and variety is not at all significant. But a majority of people think we have our eyes to see, our fingers to touch...
Festivals of Bangladesh - Thirteen festivals in twelve months
Festivals have always played a significant role in the life of the people of Bangladesh.Those are parts and parcels of Bangalee culture and tradition. These festivals include traditional, cultural, religious and political. It is said that Bangladesh...
Resting places at Dhaka Where to stay When you are in Dhaka you generally pass your busy hours in meeting people, attending seminars, conferences, negotiating and dealing with different matters, or you visit different places of historical interest, attending nice and amusing cultural functions, go through the art galleries and museums..
Shopping Centres at Dhaka A city is best known by its shopping centres and markets. Dhaka has gradually turned into a modern mega city during the two last decades. Traditionally Dhaka is famous for its fabrics since time immemorial. Folkloric cotton fabrics and woven garments still attract young and old, equally. March being a bit warm, but pleasant..
