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INDEX

A
accommodation 157-8
activities, see diving, dolphinwatching, snorkelling,
whale-watching
Adivasis 28, 129, see also individual
tribes
Agrabad 125
Ahmed, Fakhruddin 24
Ahmed, Iajuddin 14
Ahsan Manzil 52
air travel
airfares 170
airlines 169-70
to/from Bangladesh 170-2
within Bangladesh 173-5
Ali, Khan Jahan 89
Ananda Vihara 145
animals 36, 154-5, see also individual
animals
Lowacherra National Park 154-5
Madhupur National Park 77-8
Sundarbans National Park 93-4, 7
architecture 31-2, see also historical
buildings
area codes 166, see also inside front
cover
Armenian Church of the Holy
Resurrection 53
arsenic poisoning 38
arts 31-4, see also literature
books 33
events 65
nakshi kanthas 33
rickshaw art 34, 54, 66, 165, 5
shankharis 52
Ashraful, Mohammad 14
Asian Art Biennial 65
Atia Mosque 74
ATMs 164
Awami League 21, 24

B
baby taxis 178-9
badminton 31
Bagerhat 88-90, 88

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Baitul Mukarram Mosque 55

baksheesh 164
Baldha Gardens 54
Bana Vihara 131
Banchte Shekha Foundation 81
Bandarban 134-6
bangla 31
Bangla, see Bengali
Bangladesh Freedom Fighters 22
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 23
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute 154
Bangsal Rd 54
Bara Katra 53
Bara Khyang 140
Barisal 97-9, 98
Barisal division 96-9
Baro Bazar Mosque 82
Baro Kuthi 115
bathrooms 166
Baul people 28
bazars, see markets
beaches
Coxs Bazar 136
Himachari Beach 139
Inani Beach 139
Benapole 82
Bengali 190-6
Bhawal National Park 74
Bibi Begnis Mosque 89
Bicycle St 54
bicycle travel, see cycling
birds 36, 77, see also individual species
books 37
Sundarbans National Park 93
bird-watching 36
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary 139
Dhaka 59
Lowacherra National Park 154-5
Rangamati 131
Rema Kalenga Wildlife
Sanctuary 156
Sonadia Island 140
Sunamganj 151
Biswa Ijtema 29, 162
boat hire
Dhaka 51
Khulna 85
boat travel 174-6, 179, 7
ferries 174-5
river boats 176

Rocket 66-7, 175, 6

to/from Barisal 97-8
to/from Chittagong 127-8
to/from Dhaka 66-8
boat trips 158
Chittagong 125-6
Dhaka 59
Mongla 90
Rangamati 131
Sariakandi 103
Bogra 101-3, 101
books 13, 14, see also literature
arts 33
birds 37
Chittagong Hill Tracts 28, 29
culture 26, 27, 28, 31
emigration 32
food 40
history 20, 23
Lajja (Shame) 30
tea 40
border crossings 172
Benapole 82
Burimari 113
Tamabil 150
Brahmaputra River 35
brassware 73
British East India Company 20, 47
British Raj 21
British settlement 20-1
Buddhism 19-20, 29
Buriganga River 50
Burigoalini 94
Burimari 113
bus travel 176-7, 179
business hours 158-9

C
car travel 177-8
Carmichael College 106
cathedrals, see churches
cell phones 165-6
cemetries
Christian Cemetery 54
Maynamati War Cemetery 142
WWII Memorial Cemetery 125
Central Shaheed Minar 55
Centre for the Rehabilitation of the
Paralysed (CRP) 73
cha 41, see also tea

Index (C-H)

D
dance 65
Darasbari Mosque 120
Dargah Mosque 89

deep-vein thrombosis 184

dehydration 188
dengue fever 185
Dhaka 46-69, 48, 51, 56-7, 62
accommodation 59-63
attractions 50-9
drinking 65
entertainment 65
food 63-5
history 47
internet access 49
itineraries 49
safe travel 50
shopping 65-6
tours 59
travel to/from 66-8
travel within 68-9
Dhaka botanical gardens 58-9
Dhaka division 70-8
Dhaka University 23, 55
Dhakeswari Temple 54
Dhamrai 73
Dhanbari Nawab Palace 78
Dharmarajikha Buddhist Monastery 55
diarrhoea 187
Dighapatia Palace 118
Dinajpur 109-11, 110
disabilities, travellers with 166-7
diving 141
dolphin-watching 95
drinks 41
driving, see car travel
Durga Puja 162
DVT 184

E
economy 24, 25-6
elections 24
electricity 157
embassies 161
emigration 27, 32
environment 35-9
environmental issues 37-9
arsenic poisoning 38
cyclones 39
flooding 35, 38
global warming 38
internet resources 38
Madhupur National Park 78
plastic bags 38
ship-breaking yards 128
Ershad, General 14
Ethnological Museum 125
etiquette 29
exchange rates, see inside front cover

F
Fairy Hill 125
ferry travel 174-5
festivals 59, 161-2
Biswa Ijtema 29, 162
Dublar Island 92
Durga Puja 59, 162
Eid-ul-Fitr 162
International Mother Language
Day 59
Islamic 161-2
Kazi Nazrul Islam 161
Rabindranath Tagore 161
Ramadan 12, 162
Shiva Chaturdasi Festival
128-9
film 33-4
Firozpur 120
flooding 35, 38
folk art 33
folk-art museum 71-2
food 40-5
books 40
customs 42
health issues 188
internet resources 41, 42
language 43-5
football 31
forest reserves, see national parks
Foys Lake 125

G
Gabtali Bus Station 67
Ganges River 35
gardens, see parks & gardens
Garo people 28, 78
Gaud 120-1
gay travellers 162-3
geography 35
geology 35
Ghani, Abdul 52
Ghuradia 73-4
gibbons, hoolock 36, 154, 156
global warming 38
Goaldi Mosque 72
Gopalganj 82-3
Govinda Temple 117-18
Grameen Bank 27

H
Haluaghat 76-8
handicrafts 66, 73, 91, 139, 165
haors 151
hartal (strikes) 160
hat bazar 103

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Chakma people 28, 129

Chandranath Temple 128
Charpatra Mura 144-5
chars 109
Chhota Sona Masjid 120
child labour 26
children, travel with 159
Chilla of Badar Shah 123
Chitmorong 133-4
Chittagong 123-8, 124
Chittagong division 122-45
Chittagong Hill Tracts 129-36, 7
Bandarban 134-6
books 28, 29
Chitmorong 133-4
history 129
Kaptai 133
permits 129-30
Rangamati 130-3
tours 130
Chota Katra 53
Christian Cemetery 54
Christianity 29
Chunakhola Mosque 89
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary 139
churches
Armenian Church of the Holy
Resurrection 53
St Pauls Catholic Church 91
cinema 33-4
Citadel, the 103-4
civets 77
climate 12, 159
climate change 170
clothes 65-6,165
Comilla 142-4, 143
consulates 161
costs 12-13, see also inside front cover
courses 159
Coxs Bazar 136-9, 137
crafts 33
credit cards 164
cricket 31
culture 25-34
books 26, 27, 28, 31
internet resources 29, 30, 31
Curzon Hall 55
customs regulations 159
cycling 154, 158, 173-4
cyclones 39

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204

Index (H-M)

health 182-9
insurance 182
internet resources 184
women travellers 189
heatstroke 188
hepatitis 185
hiking 158, see also walking
Bandarban 134-5
Maheskhali Island 140
Himachari Beach 139
Hindu St 52-3
Hinduism 29, 162
historical buildings
Ahsan Manzil 52
Bara Katra 53
Baro Kuthi 115
Dhanbari Nawab Palace 78
Hussaini Dalan 54
Muktagacha Rajbari 77
Natore Rajbari 118
Puthia Palace 117
Rajshahi 115
Sitlai Palace 119
Tagore Lodge 84
Tahirpur Palace 117
Tahkhana Palace 120
Tajhat Palace 106
Uttara Gano-Ghaban 118
history 19-24
books 20, 23
Dhaka 47
internet resources 19, 22
hitching 178
HIV 185
holidays 163
honey 94, 161
hoolock gibbons 36, 154, 156
human rights 24
Hussaini Dalan 54

I
Inani Beach 139
indigo 115
influenza 185
insurance
health 182
travel 163
internet access 163
internet resources 14-15
cinema 33
culture 29, 30, 31
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environmental issues 38
film 33
food 41, 42
health 184
history 19, 22
human rights 24
music 32
newspapers 25
tigers 36, 93
Islam 20, 28, 161-2
Islam, Kazi Nazrul 14, 32
itineraries 16-18, 49, see also
planning

J
Jaflang 150
Jagannath Temple 118
Japanese B Encephalitis 185
Jawnasouk Mountain
Vihara 132
Jessore 80-2, 80
jet lag 184
jewellery-making 52
Jor Bangla Temple 119

K
kabaddi 31
Kali Temple 106
Kantanagar Temple 111-12
Kaptai 133
Karnaphuli River 125
Kaukhali 99
Khan, General Tikka 22, 23
Khan Mohammed Mirdhas
Mosque 54
Khania Dighi Mosque 120
Khashia people 155-6
Khashia villages 155-6
Khodla Math Temple 89-90
Khulna 85-8, 86
Khulna division 79-95
kingfishers 36
Kotila Mura 144
Kuakata 99
Kushtia 83-5

L
Lalbagh Fort 53-4
Lalon Shah 85
Lamapara 139-40
language 190-6
courses 159
food 43-5
langurs 77
legal matters 163

lesbian travellers 162-3

Liberation War 22-3
memorial 73
museums 55, 115, 147
literature 32, see also books
Lowacherra National Park 154-5

M
Madhabkunda Waterfall 150
Madhabpasa 99
Madhupur National Park 77-8
magazines 157
Maghs people 28
Mahasthan 103
Mahasthangarh 103-4
Maheskhali Island 140
mail services 164-5
Mainimati Museum 144
Mainimati Ruins 144-5, 143
malaria 186
Mandi people 28, 78
maps 163
markets
Dhaka 66
Dhamrai 73
Haluaghat 76-7
hat bazar 103
Mymensingh 75
Rajshahi 115
Rangpur 105
Shankharia Bazar 52-3, 7
Marma people 28, 129, 134
Martyrs Memorial Museum 115
Mausoleum for Three Martyrs 55
Mausoleum of Shah Niamatullah
Wali 120
Maynamati War Cemetery 142
Mazhar Khan Jahan Ali 89
measures 157, see also inside front
cover
medical services 184-5, see also
health
metric conversions, see inside front
cover
mobile phones 165-6
Mograpara 71
monastries, see temples & monastries
money 12-13, 163-4, see also inside
front cover
Mongla 90-2, 91
Monipuri villages 155-6
monkeys 77, 93
mosque etiquette 29
Mosque of Hazrat Haji Khawja
Shahbaz 55

Index (M-S)

national parks 37
Bhawal National Park 74
Lowacherra National Park 154-5
Madhupur National Park 77-8
Sundarbans National Park 92-5, 7
Nationalist Party 24
Natore 118-19
Nawab Syed Abdus Sobhan
Chowdhury Memorial Museum 101
needlework 33
newspapers 25, 30, 157
Nine-Domed Mosque 89

O
Old High Court 55
Osmani Museum 147
otter fishing 82-3, 84, 7
owls 36, 77

P
paan 42
Pabna 119-20
Paharpur 104-5
Pahartali Lake 125
Painam Nagar 72
Pakistan 21
Panch Pir Dargah 71
parks & gardens
Baldha Gardens 54
Dhaka botanical gardens 58-9
Mymensingh botanical gardens 75
Ramna Park 55
Suhrawardi Park 55
Partition 21
Peoples Republic of Bangladesh 23
Pink Palace 52
planning 12-15, see also itineraries
plants 37
plastic bags 38
pollution 38, 187
population 27-8
postal services 164-5
pottery 99
poverty 25-6
Puthia 117-18

Q
Qadam Mubarak Mosque 125

N
nakshi kanthas 33
Narail 82-3
Nasrin, Taslima 14, 30
National Assembly 58
National Martyrs Memorial 73
National Museum 55

R
racecourse rally 22-3
radio 31
Rahman, General Zia 14, 23
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur 14
Raja Vihara 131

rajbaris, see historical buildings

Rajshahi 113-17, 114
Rajshahi division 100-21
Ramadan 12, 162
Ramkot 140
Ramna Park 55
Ramnagar 156
Ramu 139-40
Rangamati 130-3, 131
Rangpur 105-7, 105
religion 28-9
Rema Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary
156
restaurants 41-2
rickshaws
art 34, 54, 66, 165, 5
rides 59
travel 54, 179
river boats 176
river trips, see boat trips
Rocket travel 66-7, 175, 6
Ronvijoypur Mosque 89
Royal Bengal tigers 36, 93

S
Sadarbari (folk-art museum) 71-2
Sadarghat (Chittagong) 123-4
Sadarghat (Dhaka) 50
safe travel 160-1
Chittagong Hill Tracts 129
Dhaka 50
hitching 178
Saidpur 108-9, 108
St Martins Island 141-2
St Pauls Catholic Church 91
Salban Vihara 144
Sariakandi 103
Sat Gumbad Mosque 58
Satchari National Park 156
Savar 73
scams 160-1
Shah Niamatullah Mosque 120
Shahpuri 140-1
Shahzadpur Mosque 119
Shait Gumbad Mosque 89
Shakpura 128
Shankharia Bazar 52-3, 7
shankharis 52
ship-breaking yards 128
Shiva Chaturdasi Festival 128-9
Shiva Temple 117
shopping 165, see also markets
clothes 65-6, 165
handicrafts 66, 73, 91, 107, 139,
165

INDEX

mosques
Atia Mosque 74
Baitul Mukarram Mosque 55
Baro Bazar Mosque 82
Bibi Begnis Mosque 89
Chhota Sona Masjid 120
Chunakhola Mosque 89
Darasbari Mosque 120
Goaldi Mosque 72
Khan Mohammed Mirdhas
Mosque 54
Khania Dighi Mosque 120
Qadam Mubarak Mosque 125
Ronvijoypur Mosque 89
Sat Gumbad Mosque 58
Shah Niamatullah Mosque 120
Shahi Jama-e-Masjid 123
Shahzadpur Mosque 119
Shait Gumbad Mosque 89
Singar Mosque 89
Sitara Mosque 53
Mountbatten, Lord 21
Mros people 28
Mru people 129
Muktagacha 77
Mukti Bahini 22
museums
Bagerhat Museum 89
Ethnological Museum 125
folk-art museum 71-2
Liberation War Museum 55, 58
Mahasthangarh Site Museum 103
Mainimati Museum 144
Martyrs Memorial Museum 115
National Museum 55
Nawab Syed Abdus Sobhan
Chowdhury Memorial Museum
101
Tribal Cultural Institute Museum
130
Varendra Research Museum 113
Zia Memorial Museum 124
music 32, 65
Muslim League 21
mustans 69
Myanmar (Burma) 173
Mymensingh 74-6, 75

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shopping continued
hat bazar 103
rickshaw art 54, 66, 165
shrines
Charpatra Mura 144-5
Mausoleum for Three Martyrs 55
Mosque of Hazrat Haji Khawja
Shahbaz 55
Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal 147
Shrine of Lalon Shah 83-4
Shrine of Shah Paran 150
Singar Mosque 89
Sitakunda 128-9
Sitara Mosque 53
Sitlai Palace 119
snakes 73-4
snorkelling 141
soccer 31
solo travellers 165
Somapuri Vihara 104
Sonabaria Shyam Sundar Temple 82
Sonadia Island 140
Sonargaon 71-3, 71
sport 31, 65
spotted deer 74, 77, 78, 93
Srimangal 152-4, 152
strikes 160
Sufism 28
Suhrawardi Park 55
Sunamganj 151-2
Sundarbans National Park 92-5, 7
Sundarbans Tiger Project 93
Sundari tree 93
Supreme Court 55
surfing 136, 158
sustainable travel 13, 14
swimming 59
Sylhet 147-50, 148
Sylhet division 146-56

T
Tagore Lodge 84
Tagore, Rabindranath 14, 32, 84,
161
Tahirpur Palace 117
Tahkhana Palace 120
Tajhat Palace 106
Tamabil 150-1
Tangail 74

Taras Rajbari 119

taxis 179
tea 41, 156, 6
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute
154
books 40
estates 150, 154-5
Teknaf 140-1
Telepara Forest Reserve 156
telephone services 165-6
television 31
temples & monastries
Bana Vihara 131
Chandranath Temple 128
Dhakeswari Temple 54
Dharmarajikha Buddhist
Monastery 55
Govinda Temple 117
Jagannath Temple 118
Jawnasouk Mountain Vihara 132
Jor Bangla Temple 119
Kantanagar Temple 111-12
Kotila Mura 144
Lamapara 140
Ramu 140
Salban Vihara 144
Shiva Temple 117
Somapuri Vihara 104
Sonabaria Shyam Sundar Temple
82
tempos 179-80
terrorism 160
Thakurgaon 112-13, 112
theft 160
tigers 36, 93
time 166
tipping 164
toilets 166
Tomb of Sultan Ghiyasuddin Azam
Shah 71
tourist information 166
tours, see also boat trips
Chittagong Hill Tracts 130
Dhaka 59
Sundarbans National Park 94-5
train travel 68, 180-1
travel to/from Bangladesh 169-73
travel within Bangladesh 173-81
trekking, see hiking, walking

Tribal Cultural Institute Museum

130
tribal people, see Adivasis
tribal villages 155-6
Tripura people 129
TV 31

U
Unesco-listed sites 88, 93
Uttara Gano-Ghaban 118

V
vacations 163
vaccinations 182-3
Varendra Research Museum
113
vegetarian travellers 42
visas 167

W
waders 36
Wajed, Sheikh Hasina 14
walking, see also hiking
Lowacherra National Park 155
Madhupur National Park 78
Satchari National Park 156
water 38, 188
waterfowl 36
weather 12, 159
weaving 33, 73
websites, see internet resources
weights 157, see also inside front
cover
whale-watching 95
wildlife, see animals, plants
women in Bangladesh 29-30
women travellers 167-8
health 189
swimming etiquette 136
WWII Memorial Cemetery 125

Y
Yunus, Muhammad 27

Z
zamindar 21
Zia, Begum Khaleda 14, 23
Zia Memorial Museum 124
Zinda Pir Mosque 89

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