Shahid MinarShahid Minar

The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to

commemorate those killed during the Language Movement demonstrations of 1952.On February

21, 1952, dozens of students and political activists were killed when the Pakistani police

force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding equal status to their native tongue, Bangla. The massacre occurred

near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A makeshift monument was erected on

February 23 by students of University of Dhaka and other educational institutions, but

soon demolished on February 26 by the Pakistani police force.The Language Movement gained momentum and after a long struggle, Bangla

was given equal status as Urdu. To commemorate the dead, the Shaheed Minar was

designed and built by Hamidur Rahman, a Bangladeshi sculptor. The monument stood until the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, when it was demolished completely during Operation

Searchlight. After Bangladesh gained independence, it was rebuilt .Today, the

Shaheed Minar is the centre of cultural activities in Dhaka. Every year, the Language Movement is

remembered at the monument

Tajhat is a historical place of Bangladesh, located near Lalbagh, Rangpur. It has a

nice Jamidarbari(Palace) which in 2005 was turned into a museum. This museum is about

10 mins drive from Rangpur town, near Lalbagh. The Museum was inaugurated on

March 20, 2005, by the Government of Bangladesh Minister for Cultural Affairs,

Begum Selima Rahman and Secretary Mr. Mahmudul Masud. Dr. Alain Labrique of the Johns Hopkins University also made some

invited remarks.The palace in Tajhat, commonly known as Tajhat Rajbari was built by Maharaja

Kumar Gopal Lal Roy in the beginning of the 20th century. He was a descendent of

a Hindu khatari who emigrated from Punjab. He was a jeweler by profession. It is believed that from the conspicuous appearance of his Taj or jeweledcrown his estate derived the

name of Tajhat. From the name of his estate, the area is known as Tajhat.

Tajrat RajbariTajrat Rajbari

Ahsan Manzil was the official

residential palace and seat of

theDhaka Nawab Family. It is situated

on the banks of the Buriganga

River in Bangladesh. The palace is now

a museum.

Ahsan ManzilAhsan Manzil

Lalbagh Fort (also known as "Fort Aurangabad") is an

incomplete Mughalpalace fortress at the Buriganga River in the

southwestern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Construction

was commenced in 1678 by Prince Muhammad Azam during

his 15-month long vice-royalty ofBengal, but before the work could

complete, he was recalled by Aurangzeb. His successor,

Shaista Khan, did not complete the work, though he stayed in Dhaka up

to 1688. His daughter bibi pari (Lady Fairy) died here in 1684 and this led him to consider the fort to

be ominous.

Lalbagh FortLalbagh Fort

he National Memorial at Savar is a symbol of the nation's respect

for the martyrs of the war of Liberation. It is built with

Concrete, but made of blood. IT stands 150 feet tall, but every martyr it stands for stands so

much taller. It is an achievement the dimensions of which can be measured but it stands for an

achievement which is immeasurable. It stands upright for the millions of martyrs who laid their lives so that we may stand upright, in honour and

dignity, amongst the nations of the world. Most prominently

visible is the 150 feet tower that stands on a base measuring 130

feet wide. 

National MemorialNational Memorial

The National Museum was established at dhaka

in AD 1913.It has been renamed as the National Museum and was shifted

to its new building at Shahbag in 1983. It is a four storied building and has forty galleries under

four departments, namely, Natural History,

History and Classical Art, Ethnography and

Decorative Art and Contemporary Art and

world Civilization. 

National MuseumNational Museum

It is one of the most majestic public buildings in Bangladesh. The National Parliament complex

is located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka city. The National Parliament Building is an

architectural masterpiece for which the nation can be said to be justifiably proud.The decision to construct the National Parliament Complex at Dhaka was originally taken in 1959. Louis I

Kahn. one of the greatest architects of the time was initially selected for designing the complex.

which would include the National Parliament Building. Hostels for members of parliament.

ministers and secretaries. hospitality halls and communally buildings.All linked by roads and

walkways and surrounded by attractive gardens and lakes. The main characteristic of the building is its monumentally.The mass of

concrete lined with marble strips, the outer wall punctuate by pure geometrical openings and

the dominating circular and rectangular concrete masses impart a supreme

monumentality to the building quite suited to its noble function.

National ParliamentNational Parliament

Among the many surviving monuments of the Khan Jahan Ali style, undoubtedly the most

magnificent and largest brick mosque in Bangladesh is the Shait Gombuj. It is situated in Bagerhat district. For outstanding architectural

value. the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO inscribed Bagerhat in the World Heritage list and it got the status of the second World Heritage site

in Bangladesh after Paharpur. Out of today's surviving mosques, the Shait Gombuj Mosque is the most magnificent and certainly the largest

brick mosque surviving in Bangladesh. Its name, meaning '60 domes', is misleading as in reality, it is roofed over with 77 small domes supported by

a forest of slender columns covering a large prayer hall and giving it the appearance of a

medieval church crypt. At sunrise when the rays of the sun penetrate the eastern entrances, the

interior comes to life. There is little adornment to this building other than the carved stone

decoration to the central mihrab at the western end of the prayer hall. The exterior facades, with slightly 'battered' walls, have discernible curving

cornices a concession to the local style.

Shait Gambuj MosqueShait Gambuj Mosque

One of the most graceful monuments of the Sultanate period is

the Chhota Sona Masjid or Small Golden

Mosque at Gaur in Rajshahi. Built by one

Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan

Alauddin Husain Shah (1493-1519), it was

originally roofed over with 15 gilded domes

including the 3 ChauchaIqa domes in the middle row, from which it derives its

curious name.

Chhota Sona MasjidChhota Sona Masjid

It is called the Seat of Lost Dynasties. About 8 km to the west of Comilla town, situated 114

km southeast of Dhaka, lies a range of low hills known as the Mainamati-Lalmai ridge, which

was an extensive centre of Buddhist culture. On the slopes or these hills lie scattered a treasure

of information about the early Buddhist civilization (7th-12th Century AD.). At Salban in the middle or the ridge, excavations have laid bare a large Buddhist Vihara (monastery) with

an imposing central shrine. It has revealed valuable information about the rule of the

Chandra and Deva dynasties which Flourished here from the 7th to the 12th century AD. The whole range of hillocks runs for about 18 km

and is studded with more than 50 sites. A site museum houses the archaeological finds which include terra cotta plaques, bronze statues and

caskets, coins, jewellery, utensils, pottery and votive stupas embossed with Buddhist

inscriptions.

MainamatMainamatii

It is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Its construction began on 1960, and has been going on in phases. Architect T Abdul Hussain Thariani

was commissioned to design the mosque complex. The plan included shops, offices,

libraries and parking areas within the complex. The design of the mosque reflects the architecture

of the period as can be seen from the use of a white and almost cube-form for the main building. A Mosque without a dome over the roof of its main prayer hall must have been a unique experiment. The main building is eight storied and 33 meters high from the ground level. The area of the main prayer hall is 2464 SQ meters with a mezzanine

floor of 171 SQ metres at the eastern side. Verandas surround the hall on three of its four

sides. The mihrab of the hall is rectangular instead of semi-circular. The Baitul Mukarram

mosque is modern in its architectural style. It has found its place in the hearts of the Muslims

because of the resemblance of its form to the Holy Kaaba at Makkah.

Baitul Mukarram-the National Mosque  Baitul Mukarram-the National Mosque 

Sonargaon's importance in the pre-Muslim period is borne out by its

ancient name of  Suvarnagrama (the golden village), from which it is

obvious how the Muslim version of the name is derived,as well as by the

existence of Langalbandh and Panchamighat, the two traditional

under Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, and after his fall it was the headquarters

of the eastern province of Bengal under the Tughlaqs till 1338.

Sonargaon emerged as the capital of an independent Sultanate under Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (1338-1349). In the late nineteenth and

early twentieth century Panam Nagar was developed in a part of holy

bathing places of the Hindus, in this tract of land on the west bank of the old Brahmaputra.Sonargaon rose to be the seat of an independent ruler

medieval Sonargaon.

SonargaonSonargaon

Star mosque, a 19th century establishment, is a very beautiful

mosque of the city situated at Armanitola, in the old part of Dhaka

City. In faultless Mughal style architecture, it is a five -dome

mosque with hundreds of big and small twinkling stars as surface

decorations. The stars have been created by setting pieces or

chinaware on white cement. Seen from the front and from far it looks

as if it were shining above the surface of the earth. The inside or the mosque is even more beautiful

than the outside, with a lovely mosaic floor and excellent tiles with

many floral patterns set on the walls, all in complete harmony.

Star MosqueStar Mosque

Paharpur is treated as the Largest Buddhist Seat of Learning of South

Asia. It is a small village, 5 km west of Jamalganj in the greater Rajshahi district, where the remains of the

most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas has been excavated. This 7th century AD archaeological find covers an area of approximately 11 hectare. The entire

establishment, occupying a Quadrangular court, measures more than 300 meters and varies from 3.5

to 4.5 meters in height with an elaborate gateway complex on the

north, there are 45 cells on the north and 44 in each of the other three sides, with a total number of 177

rooms.

PaharpurPaharpur

Hossaini dalanHossaini dalan

Husaini Dalan a Shiite shrine in the old part of the city of DHAKA, attributed to the Mughal Period. It is a common practice among the

Shia community to build edifices to commemorate the martyrdom of al-Husain, at the battle of Karbala in Iraq on the tenth day of Muharram 61 AH (10 October 680 AD). The

building seems to have been originally erected by one Sayyid Murad during the

governorship of SHAH SHUJA, who, although himself a Sunni, was eager to preserve and

patronise Shiite institutions. Traditions relate that Sayyid Murad, having seen al-Husain in a

vision erecting a tazia khana (house of mourning), was inspired to raise the building, which he named Husaini Dalan. The original building may have been a small structure,

expanded to its present form in later times. The EAST INDIA COMPANY repaired it in 1807 and 1810, and a portion of the building was reconstructed after the earthquake of 1897.

Inside a green picturesque

surrounding of Jahangir Nagar University, the

sprawling acres of land holds this

beautiful monument dedicated to the

language martyrs of 1952.

Central Shahid Minar Central Shahid Minar

in Jahangir Nagar Universityin Jahangir Nagar University

It is considered the oldest archaeological site of the county. It is located at a distance of 18 km north or Bogra town on the western bank

of the Karatoa river. The spectacular site is an imposing landmark in the

area. having a long fortified enclosure. Beyond the fortified area, other ancient ruins fan out within a

semicircle of about 8 km radius. Several isolated mounds, the local

names of which are Govinda Bhita Temple, Khodia

Pathar Mound, Mankalir Kunda, Parsuramer Bedi, Jiyat

Kunda etc. surround the fortified city. This 3rd century B.C. archaeological

site is still held to be of great sanctity by the Hindus. Every year (mid-April)

and once every 12 years (in December) thousands of Hindu

devotees join the bathing ceremony on the bank of the Karatoa river.

MahasthangarMahasthangar

Second World War warrior’s graveyards are in this Cemetery. There are 755 graves in this graveyard of the great

warriors who died d in world war from1939 to 1945 in Chittagong areas.

In this well-preserved cemetery at a quiet and picturesque place within the

city lie buried in eternal peace over 700 soldiers from British, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Myanmar, East and West Africa, The Netherlands and Japan

who laid down their lives on the Myanmar front during the World War

II. Every year a number of tourists come here to visit this Cemetery.

World War 2 CemeteryWorld War 2 Cemetery

This church dates from 1781 and it is still functioning today. Compared to some of the splendid churches elsewhere in the

world, this is a rather small, but interesting building crowding on a narrow back street of old Dhaka. But in the Dhaka context it is

a very important tranquil haven in the heart of a huge crowded Muslim city.The church supports a small Christian community from several countries that

meets every Sunday evening. The Armenians were once at the heart of

Bengal’s jute and leather trade but the community has virtually vanished. For

much of the rest of the week the door to the compound is looked but there is always someone inside because the

caretaker, his family and others live on site. You just need to wait or bang loudly on the door and someone will come to let

you in.

American ChurchAmerican Church

A slightly later date the elegant 6-domed mosque (13m x 11m) sq meters of Baba Adam in Rampal near Dhaka was erected by your

Malik Kafur during the reign of the last Ilyas Shahi Sultan, Jalauddin

Fateh Shah in 1483 AD. It displays the same characteristic features of

the period such as the faceted octagonal turrets at 4 corners, the

curved cornice. The one facade and 3 mihrabs relieved richly with beautiful terracotta floral and

hanging patterns.

Mosque Baba Adam