Browsing: Dhaka

Sonaimuri Tek in Shibpur, Narsingdi, is a green stretch of red-soil mounds beside the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, with reported fossil finds and old pottery nearby.

The Matiur Rahman Memorial Museum in Ramnagar, Raipura, honours Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman with a library and a village memorial.

Balapur Zamindar Bari in Paikarchar, Narsingdi, is a weathered zamindar mansion by the Meghna, linked to the Saha family and their river trade.

Ashrafpur Mosque in Shibpur, Narsingdi, stands on a 1524 Sultanate mosque site, in a village famous for two seventh-century copper plates.

The Madhabdi cloth market in Narsingdi is a weaving and trading town where handloom and powerloom units supply the lungi, saree and gamcha the district is known for.

The Baburhat cloth market at Shekherchar, Narsingdi, is a major wholesale hub for lungi, saree, bed sheets and towels, busiest from Thursday night to Sunday.