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Park, eco park and picnic spot, Rajshahi

University of Rajshahi Campusরাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ক্যাম্পাস

Time needed
One to two hours.
best months
Nov–Mar
Cost
Free.

One of the largest and greenest campuses in the country, founded in 1953 on the edge of the city: tree-lined Paris Road, memorials and open lawns that are good for a slow walk.

At a glance

Founded
1953

About

Rajshahi University is the country's second oldest university. Visitors come for Paris Road, the long avenue under tall trees, the Shaheed Minar and the memorial to Dr Shamsuzzoha, the teacher killed protecting students in 1969, and the quiet lakes and gardens around the halls.

It is a working campus: walk, take pictures and respect classes and halls.

Getting there: Auto-rickshaw along the Dhaka road, about 4 km east of the centre.

Things to do

  • Walk Paris Road in the late afternoon light.

Good to know

  • Weekdays are busy with classes; Fridays are quietest.

Getting there

Read the Rajshahi guide

Nearby

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Padma Riverfront

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The long embankment along the Padma, with Padma Garden and the riverside parks: where the whole city comes out at sunset to walk, eat and watch the river.

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Shah Makhdum Dargah

4 km, Rajshahi

The shrine of Shah Makhdum Rupos, the Sufi saint linked with the coming of Islam to the Varendra region, near the Padma in the old part of the city.

Museum and galleryNahid.rajbd · CC BY-SA 4.0

Varendra Research Museum

4 km, Rajshahi

The first museum in what is now Bangladesh, opened in 1910 and run today by the University of Rajshahi: stone sculpture, terracotta, coins and inscriptions from the old Varendra region.

Park, eco park and picnic spotKoniiica · CC BY-SA 4.0

Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Central Park and Zoo

6 km, Rajshahi

The city's big family park, laid out on the old British racecourse by the Padma, with a small zoo, lawns, old trees and rides.

Hindu templeTanweer Morshed · CC BY-SA 4.0

Puthia Temples and Rajbari

21 km, Rajshahi

The greatest cluster of old Hindu temples in Bangladesh, built by the Puthia zamindars around their palace and its ponds: the tall Shiva temple, the terracotta Govinda temple, the Pancharatna temple and the 1895 rajbari.

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Bagha Mosque

28 km, Rajshahi

A ten-domed brick mosque of 1523, built under Sultan Nusrat Shah of the Hussain Shahi dynasty, rich in terracotta and set beside a large old pond about 40 km southeast of the city.

Location

University of Rajshahi Campus, Rajshahi
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