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Museums
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A museum of the south's rivers, people and past, in the restored 1821 Collectorate building — nine galleries opened in 2015.
Sadar Road, Barishal
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — times vary by season, check locally
From ৳10
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Museums
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A white zamindar palace with an Italian-marble staircase, now home to the Rangpur Museum — terracotta, Sanskrit and Arabic manuscripts, and old weapons.
Tajhat, Rangpur
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — times vary by season, check locally
Ticketed; the price is not published online — check at the counter. No photography inside.
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Historical Places
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A great square Buddhist monastery of the 7th–8th century at Mainamati, with 115 monks' cells round a central shrine — the best-known site of the Lalmai hills.
Kotbari, Cumilla
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — times vary by season, check locally
From ৳20
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Historical Places
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A ghostly street of colonial merchants' mansions in old Sonargaon — 52 crumbling buildings that once made up one of Bengal's richest towns.
Sonargaon, Narayanganj
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — check locally
৳20
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Tourist Spots
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Humayun Ahmed's country estate at Pirujali: the writer's ponds, sculptures, cottages and gardens, and his grave.
Pirujali, Gazipur
Every day: Daylight hours
৳200
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Museums
An underground museum at Suhrawardy Udyan, where the surrender of 16 December 1971 was signed, beneath a 50-metre tower of light.
Shahbagh, Dhaka
Saturday – Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
From ৳20
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Hands-on galleries, a 4D theatre, a mirror maze and telescope evenings at Agargaon — entry is ৳20.
Agargaon, Dhaka
Sunday – Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
From ৳10
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Tanks, aircraft and artillery in the open and three service galleries indoors, at Bijoy Sarani next to the Novo Theatre.
Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka
Saturday – Tuesday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM
From ৳150
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Retired fighters, trainers and helicopters parked on open lawns beside the old airport — and you can climb into some of them.
Agargaon, Dhaka
Monday – Thursday: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
From ৳25
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