Market and bazaar

Bhimruli Floating Guava Market

Jhalokati

A market held on the water where canals meet at Bhimruli: in the guava season growers paddle in with boats full of fruit and sell to traders boat to boat.

Kansat Mango Market

Chapai Nawabganj

The country's biggest mango market, at Kansat in Shibganj: from May to July the roads fill with vans of fruit and traders from all over Bangladesh.

Sonamasjid Land Port

Chapai Nawabganj

One of the country's busiest land ports, on the border with Malda at Shibganj, a short way from the Gaur monuments: a look at the frontier as you finish the old capital.

Kuriana Floating Market

Pirojpur

The Pirojpur side of the guava backwaters: at Kuriana in Swarupkathi, growers bring their fruit by boat along the canals and trade it on the water.