Monument and memorial, Sylhet
Ali Amjad's Clockআলী আমজদের ঘড়ি
- Time needed
- A few minutes.
- best months
- Oct–Mar
- Cost
- Free.
A small 19th-century clock tower on the Surma bank beside the Keane Bridge, built by the Nawab of Prithimpassa and named after his son.
Plan your visit
- Best time
- Dusk.
At a glance
- Built by
- Nawab Ali Ahmad Khan of Prithimpassa
- Built
- 1870s
About
Built in the 1870s, when few people owned a watch, the tower gave the town its time. It is counted among the oldest clock towers in Bangladesh, a modest structure with a clock face on each side under a small dome.
It appears in nearly every photograph of the riverfront and opens almost every film set in Sylhet.
Getting there: At the north end of the Keane Bridge, in the city centre.
Things to do
- Photograph it with the bridge from the riverbank.
Good to know
- The view is best from the south bank or the bridge.
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