• Liberation War Museum - The Liberation War Museum was established by an eight-member board of trustees to preserve the memory of the 1971 Liberation War. The trustees encouraged public donations to fund the museum and invited people to contribute war artifacts, including personal items, weapons, and human remains, as well as documents and personal histories related to the war. By 2016, the museum had collected over 21,000 artifacts, with some displayed in the museum and others stored in its archives. The museum is described as “the outcome of a citizens’ effort” due to its crowd-funded nature, independent of the Government of Bangladesh, and the public’s collective contribution to its collection.

March to September - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
October to February - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Weekend: Sunday
Entry Ticket - Online

• Lalbagh Fort - Lalbagh Fort is located in the old city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, named after its neighborhood Lalbagh, meaning Red Garden. The name Lalbagh refers to the reddish and pinkish architecture from the Mughal period. Originally called Fort Aurangabad, its construction was initiated by Prince Muhammad Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb and a future Mughal emperor. After the prince was recalled by his father, Shaista Khan oversaw the construction. The death of Shaista Khan’s daughter, Pari Bibi (Fairy Lady), led to a halt in construction, as Shaista Khan believed the fort brought bad luck. Pari Bibi was buried inside the fort.

Lalbagh Fort served as the official residence of the governor of the Mughal province of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The complex includes the Mughal governor’s house, the tomb of Pari Bibi, and a mosque, surrounded by lawns, fountains, and water channels.

• Ahsan Manzil - During the Mughal Empire, Sheikh Enayet Ullah, Zamindar of the Jamalpur Porgona district, owned a garden house on this property and later added a palace called Rongmohol. He was buried in the northeast corner of the palace yard, but his gravesite was destroyed in the early 20th century. His son, Sheikh Moti Ullah, sold the property to French traders, who built a trading house beside it. After changing ownership several times over the centuries, Khwaja Alimullah purchased the property in the 1800s. Alimullah renovated it, converting the trading house into a residence and adding a stable and family mosque. After his death, his son Khwaja Abdul Ghani named the property Ahsan Manzil after his son, Khwaja Ahsanullah. He continued renovations, renaming the old building Ondor Mohol and the new building Rangmahal. On 7 April 1888, a tornado severely damaged Ahsan Manzil, leading to its temporary abandonment.
• Parliament Building - Before its completion, the first and second Parliaments used the Old Sangsad Bhaban, now the Prime Minister’s Office.

Construction began in October 1964 when Bangladesh was East Pakistan, ordered by Ayub Khan from the West Pakistan capital of Islamabad. Ayub believed that building a modern legislative complex would appease Bengalis. Jatiya Sangsad was designed by Louis Kahn. The government sought help from South Asian activist and architect Muzharul Islam, who recommended involving the world’s top architects for the project. He initially tried to bring Alvar Aalto and Le Corbusier, who were unavailable at the time. Islam then enlisted Kahn, his former teacher at Yale.

Construction was halted during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and completed on 28 January 1982. Louis Kahn passed away when the project was about three-quarters finished, and it continued under David Wisdom, who worked for Louis Kahn.

• Dhakeshwari Temple - The Dhakeshwari temple was built in the 12th century by Ballal Sen, a king of the Sena dynasty, and it is believed that the city Dhaka was named after the Goddess. The current architectural style of the temple cannot be dated to that period due to numerous repairs, renovations, and rebuilding over time. It is considered an essential part of Dhaka’s cultural heritage. Many researchers believe that the temple is also one of the Shakti Peethas, where the jewel from the crown of the Goddess Sati had fallen. For ages, the temple has been held in great importance. The original 900-year-old murti was taken to Kumartuli, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In 1947, during the partition of India, she was brought to Kolkata from Dhaka with Hindu refugees from East Pakistan. By 1950, a Tiwari family from Azamgarh was appointed by the royal Sena dynasty for daily worship of the deity of Dhaka. In 1960
• Bangladesh National Museum - The Bangladesh National Museum is the national museum of Bangladesh. It is well-organized, with displays housed chronologically in several departments, including ethnography and decorative art, history and classical art, natural history, and contemporary and world civilization. The museum also boasts a rich conservation laboratory. Nalini Kanta Bhattasali served as the first curator of the museum from 1914 to 1947. The Bangladesh National Museum was originally established on 20 March 1913, under a different name (Dacca Museum), and formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913 by The Lord Carmichael, the governor of Bengal. In July 1915, it was handed over to the Naib Nazim of Dhaka. The Bangladesh National Museum was formed through the incorporation of the Dhaka museum and was designated the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983. It is located at Shahbag, Dhaka.
• Shahid Minar - The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to honor those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan.

21 February 2023, 1 AM, Shaheed Minar, Dhaka
On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College, along with political activists, were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters demanding official status for their native language, Bengali. The massacre occurred near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park in Dhaka. A makeshift monument was erected on 23 February by students of Dhaka Medical College and other educational institutions, but it was soon demolished on 26 February by the Pakistani police force. The Language Movement gained momentum, and after a long struggle, Bengali gained official status in Pakistan (alongside Urdu) in 1956. Shaheed Minar was designed and built by Bangladeshi sculptors Hamidur Rahman in collaboration with Novera Ahmed.

• Curzon Hall - Curzon Hall is a British Raj-era building and home to the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka (DU). 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. Upon the establishment of Dacca University in 1921, it became the base of the university’s science faculty. During the Bengali Language Movement from 1948 to 1956, Curzon Hall was the site of various significant events. After the Partition of India in 1947, which formed the country of Pakistan, Urdu was chosen as the sole state language. In 1948, the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan chose Urdu and English as the only languages to address the assembly, which was protested within the assembly on the grounds that the majority of the people spoke Bangla and not Urdu. Students of DU immediately objected to the actions of the Constituent Assembly, and it was in Curzon Hall that they declared their opposition to the state language policy.
• Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection - Following the domination of their homeland by Persian powers of the time, Armenians were sent by their new rulers to the Bengal region for both political and economic reasons. Although the Armenian presence in South Asia is now minimal, their presence in Dhaka dates back to the 17th century. Armenians came to Dhaka for business. In Dhaka, Armenian merchants traded in jute and leather, and profitability in these businesses convinced some to move permanently to Bangladesh. The area where they lived became known as Armanitola.

In 1781, the now-famous Armenian Church was built on Armenian Street in Armanitola, then a thriving business district. The site was an Armenian graveyard before the church was built, and the surviving tombstones serve as a chronicle of Armenian life in the area. Agaminus Catchik, an Armenian, donated the land to build the church. Michel Cerkess, Okotavata Setoor Sevorg, Aga Amnius, and Merkers Poges helped build the church.

• New Market - The market was established in 1954 as a shopping complex to cater to the needs of residents from the University of Dhaka, Azimpur, Ramna, and Dhanmondi areas.

Construction began in 1952 on 35 acres of land during the tenure of Nurul Amin as the Chief Minister of East Bengal. Construction was completed in 1954.

Today, the market features multiple buildings as well as sidewalk vendors.

• Private transportation
• All guide related cost
• Bottled water
• All Transpiration Related cost
• Snacks
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Tea and coffee

• All fees and/or taxes

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