Begum Rokeya's Birthplace, Pairaband
The village home of Begum Rokeya, pioneer of women's education, at Pairaband — the remains of the family house and a memorial centre.
Pairaband, Mithapukur, Rangpur
Every day: Daylight hours
Free entry
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Kantajew Temple
An 18th-century temple in Dinajpur covered from base to top in terracotta panels — the finest terracotta temple in Bangladesh.
Kantanagar, Dinajpur, Rangpur
Every day: Daylight hours
Entry fee, if any, is not published online. A working temple — remove shoes where asked.
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Mainamati War Cemetery
A peaceful Commonwealth war cemetery on the hills by Cumilla Cantonment, where 736 soldiers of the Second World War lie.
Cumilla Cantonment, Cumilla
Every day: Daylight hours
Free entry
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Rani Mainamati's Palace
The excavated remains of a hilltop palace credited to the Chandra kings, which gave Mainamati its name — with a month-long fair every Baishakh.
Mainamati, Cumilla
Every day: Daylight hours
No fee published.
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Hajiganj Fort
A five-sided Mughal water fort on the Shitalakshya, one of three built in the 1600s to guard Dhaka from Magh and Portuguese pirates.
Hajiganj, Narayanganj
Every day: Daylight hours
No fee published.
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Sonakanda Fort
Mughal river fort of about 1650 across the Shitalakshya from Narayanganj, with a tall gun platform that once watched for pirates.
Bandar, Narayanganj
Every day: Daylight hours
No fee published.
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Goaldi Mosque
A small, perfect single-domed mosque of 1519 from Sultan Husain Shah's reign, in a village near Panam Nagar — with a carved black-stone mihrab.
Sonargaon, Narayanganj
Every day: Outside prayer times
Free entry
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The palace of the Bhawal Raj at Joydebpur — seat of one of Bengal's largest estates, and of the famous "sannyasi raja" mystery.
Joydebpur, Gazipur
Office days: Seen from the grounds
Free entry
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Jagrata Chowrangi
Bangladesh's first Liberation War sculpture, raised at Joydebpur crossing in 1973: a freedom fighter with a rifle and a grenade.
Joydebpur, Gazipur
Every day: Open air, any time
Free entry
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