River, lake and haorHasib · CC BY-SA 4.0Mahamaya Lake
Chattogram
The country's second-largest man-made lake, 11 square kilometres of water held between the Mirsharai hills by an irrigation dam finished in 2010: boats, kayaks, a waterfall at the far end and green ridges all round.
Nuniarchhara BIWTA Jetty (ships to Saint Martin's)
Cox's Bazar
The river jetty in the north of Cox's Bazar town, near the airport, from which every approved tourist ship to Saint Martin's leaves in season.
River, lake and haorওসমানগনী · CC BY-SA 4.0Bijoy Singha Dighi
Feni
A 37-acre tank 2 km west of the town in front of the circuit house, said to have been dug by Bijoy Sen, founder of the Sen dynasty, in the 12th century: the town's walk and picnic ground.
River, lake and haorNibid Anowar · CC BY-SA 4.0Muhuri Project
Feni
The closure dam and regulator at Sonagazi where the Feni, Muhuri and Kalidas-Pahaliya rivers meet, the country's second-largest irrigation scheme: a long embankment, a 40-gate sluice, wind turbines and the sea beyond.
Rajajhir Dighi
Feni
The tank at the centre of Feni town, around which the subdivision offices were built in 1875: the court mosque, the thana, the officers' club and a children's park all stand on its banks.
River, lake and haorMahjuja Islam · CC BY 4.0Debota Pukur
Khagrachari
The "god's pond" on a hilltop at Nunchhari in Mahalchhari, a natural pool that never dries at about 300 metres, sacred to the Tripura people, reached by a two-kilometre climb from the road.
Mayabini Lake
Khagrachari
A 15-acre lake among the hills at Bhaibonchhara in Panchhari, 18 km north of town, made by a village fishing cooperative and opened to visitors: bamboo cottages on the water, boats and the hills all round.
River, lake and haorDelwarHossain · CC BY-SA 4.0Boro Station Mohona (Mole Head)
Chandpur
The point of land where the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia meet, with the launch ghat and hilsa market behind it: Chandpur's evening promenade and the widest river view in the country.
River, lake and haorIbrahim Husain Meraj · CC BY-SA 3.0Dharmasagar
Cumilla
The great tank in the middle of the city, dug by the Tripura king Dharma Manikya in 1458: a kilometre of embankment to walk, the Nazrul memorial on the bank and the town's evening air.
Khoa Sagar Dighi
Lakshmipur
The big tank beside the Dalal Bazar estate, dug by the zamindars for the village: a wide, still sheet of water with high banks, named for the mist (khoa) that lies on it in winter mornings.
River, lake and haorTanmoy Mishra · CC BY-SA 4.0Chitra River
Narail
The gentle river that runs past Narail town and Sultan's Machimdia, with boats, ghats and village banks; boat races are held on it after the rains.
River, lake and haorLonely Explorer · CC BY-SA 4.0Barishal Launch Ghat
Barishal
The river port on the Kirtankhola where the big overnight launches from Dhaka tie up at dawn and leave again each evening: the true front door of the city.
River, lake and haorGmmasum91 · CC BY-SA 4.0Durgasagar Dighi
Barishal
A huge eighteenth-century tank at Madhabpasha, north of the city, dug by a raja of Chandradwip and named after his queen; a quiet walk round tree-lined banks with an island in the middle.
River, lake and haorBadal Chandra Sarker · CC BY-SA 4.0Satla Shapla Beel
Barishal
A wetland of about 200 acres at Satla in Wazirpur that fills with red and white water lilies from July to October, best seen at dawn from a small boat.
River, lake and haorNahidSultan · CC BY-SA 3.0Hatirjheel
Dhaka
A long lake in the middle of the city with curving bridges, walkways and water taxis, where Dhaka comes out in the evening.
River, lake and haorP.K.Niyogi · Public domainSadarghat
Dhaka
Dhaka's river port on the Buriganga, where multi-deck launches leave for the south every evening and small wooden boats ferry people across all day.
River, lake and haorKamal Dew Simoom · CC BY-SA 4.0Jhapa Baor
Jashore
An oxbow lake in Monirampur where villagers built a long floating bridge of drums across the water; people come for the bridge, boat rides and a quiet afternoon.
River, lake and haorsushmita roy · CC BY-SA 3.0Ramsagar National Park
Dinajpur
The largest man-made tank in Bangladesh, about a kilometre long, dug by Raja Ramnath in the 18th century and now the centre of a small national park.
River, lake and haorShahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0Aricha Ghat
Manikganj
The historic river port on the Jamuna in Shibalaya, once the main crossing to the north and west, now a quieter place to watch the great rivers.
River, lake and haorIbrahim Husain Meraj · CC BY-SA 3.0The Jamuna at Sariakandi
Bogura
The wide Jamuna on Bogura's eastern edge, with sandbanks, chars and boats to hire from the riverside at Sariakandi.
Bahadurabad Ghat
Jamalpur
The Jamuna ghat at the end of the railway in Dewanganj, where from 1912 whole trains were ferried across the river to Tistamukh; the rail ferry is gone since the Jamuna Bridge, the river and the ghat remain.
River, lake and haorAbdul Hadi Chowdhury · CC BY-SA 4.0Bholaganj Sada Pathor
Sylhet
White boulders spread across the Dhalai river where it leaves the hills at Bholaganj, Companiganj, with clear water running between them.
River, lake and haorSyed Sajidul Islam · CC BY-SA 4.0Bisnakandi
Sylhet
A wide bed of stones in Gowainghat where several folds of the Khasi hills meet and a clear stream pours down over them.
River, lake and haorমোঃ খায়রুল ইসলাম · CC BY-SA 4.0Dibir Haor
Sylhet
Four connected beels in Jaintiapur, near the foot of the Meghalaya hills, carpeted with red water lilies on winter mornings.