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Doel Square monument in Dhaka Doel Square ( Bengali : দোয়েল চত্বর , Doel Chattar) is an area of the University of Dhaka campus located in Shahbag , Dhaka . There is a sculpture of two oriental magpie-robins in the middle of the area; the oriental magpie-robin is the national bird of Bangladesh and is locally known as the ...
Bangladesh has many places of worship. Capital Dhaka is known as the city of mosques. Some famous Religious Places of Worship and visitor attractions are: The structure of Baitul Mukarram resembles the Kaaba in Mecca. Baitul Mukarram is the national mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the centre of Dhaka, the mosque was completed in 1968.
Diabari (Bengali: দিয়াবাড়ি) is a place situated in Uttara, Dhaka. It is a tourist attraction in Uttara. [1] Diabari consists of plain lands of Sectors 15 and 16 in Uttara. [2] [3] Trains of MRT Line 6 starts journey from Diabari area. [4] There is a canal which is 4.34 meters long. [5]
[1] [2] It is located at the campus of the University of Dhaka and considered to be the biggest of the 9 to 10 gurdwaras in the country. [3] The gurdwara commemorates the visit of Guru Nanak (1506–1507). It is said to have been built in 1830. The present building of the gurdwara was renovated in 1988–1989.
Picturesquely situated on the edge of a river, the Shat Cumbuj Mosque's exterior is the most innovative of all the Dhaka Mughal-period monuments.The north and south ends of this three-domed rectangular mosque are each marked by two enormous double-storied corner pavilions; when viewed from the east these give the impression that the mosque has five exterior bays.
Curzon Hall is a British Raj-era building and the home of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka, located in Shahbagh. [1]The building was originally intended to be a town hall and is named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who laid its foundation stone in 1904. [1]
Kakrail has become part of Dhaka's main central business district. It became an early site of hotel-centered prostitution. By 2005, it was also one of the main places in the city for streetwalking. [5] A posterwallah interviewed by anthropologist Lotte Hoek named Kakrail as the second best place in the city for putting up film posters. A large ...
Ashulia is a suburban area near Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Nearby areas are Savar, Savar DOHS, and Tongi. The attractive view of Ashulia lake and vast paddy fields of Ashulia makes it a popular tourist spot. [1] Two major theme parks of Bangladesh namely Fantasy Kingdom and Nandan Park are also located at Ashulia.