Buriganga River

Type: River

Contributed By: Nayeem

image of Buriganga River

image of Buriganga River

image of Buriganga River

image of Buriganga River

image of Buriganga River

image of Buriganga River

Brief

The Buriganga River (বুড়িগঙ্গা), previously known as “Old Ganges”, flows past the southwest outskirts of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Its average depth is 7.6 meters (25 ft.) and its maximum depth is 18 meters (58 ft.). In the distant past, a course of the Ganges River used to reach the Bay of Bengal through the Dhaleswari River.

When this course gradually shifted and ultimately lost its link with the main channel of the Ganges it was renamed the Buriganga. It is said that the water levels during high and very high tides in this river astonished the Mughals. In the 20th century the water table and river became polluted by polythene and other hazardous substances from demolished buildings near the river banks.

Photograph of Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s, from an album ‘Architectural Views of Dacca’, containing 13 prints by Johnston and Hoffman. View looking along the river Buriganga towards the city of Dhaka situated on the left bank. A Hindu temple tower stands at the water’s edge.

How to go

You can take local buses to go Gabtoli or Aminbazar to have a boat tour at river Buriganga.

How To Reach: Dhaka District

Most popular transport system in Dhaka city is Rickshaw. You can find available buses (Local or direct service) in coming inside or move outside Dhaka city. There are other transport systems like Trains, Rivers and Air.

Where to Stay

There are more than 71 quality hotel in Dhaka. Some are listed below…

1. Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka
107 , Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 811 1005
Website : Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka

2. Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
1 Minto Road, Shahbagh, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Phone : 88-02-8330001
Fax : 88-02-8312975
Email : sales@ruposhibanglahotel.com
Website : Ruposhi Bangla Hotel

3. Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka
Airport Road, Dhaka Cantonment,
Dhaka 1206 Bangladesh.
Telephone: + 88 02 8754555
Fax: + 88 02 8754554 , + 88 02 8754504
Email : reservations.dhaka[at]radisson.com
Website : Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Dhaka Bangladesh

4. Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort
Airport Road, Nikunja 2
Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Phone : +88-02-8913912, +880 2 8900250-9
Fax : +88-02-8911479
Email : info@dhakaregency.com
Website : www.dhakaregency.com

5. Best Western La Vinci Hotel, Dhaka
54, Kawran Bazar,
Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
Phone No : 880-2-9119352
Fax No : 880-2-9131218
E-mail : lavinci[at]bol-online.com ,
reservation[at]lavincihotel.com
Web : www.lavincihotel.com

Eating Facilities

Referred to where to eat in Dhaka city, click here

Map

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Boral River is the main river in Bagatipara which has divided Bagatipara Upazila in two parts. The origin of this river is from the river Padma started from the Charghat Upazila of Rajshahi district. The total length of Baral River is 120 km. It flows from Charghat of Rajshahi, and through Bagatipara, Lalpur, Baraigram, Natore Sadar of Natore district, Gurdaspur Upazila of Pabna district and joined with the Jamuna River.

Once, this river was the main means of communication. In Monsoon, this river trail is used to transport goods from one place to another, but in dry season, the water way remains useless. The water of this river is now massively used for farming in the field. Once there were many fishes available in this river. Due to the At one time there were many fish in the river. Now, as the river silted up, the fish cycle is been destroyed.

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বাগাতিপাড়ার উল্লেখযোগ্য নদী হলো বড়াল নদী। বাগাতিপাড়া উপজেলাটি বড়াল নদীর মাধ্যমে দ্বিখন্ডিত হয়েছে। বড়াল নদীর উৎপত্তি পদ্মা নদীর রাজশাহী জেলার চারঘাট উপজেলা থেকে। বড়াল নদীর দৈর্ঘ্য ১২০ কিলোমিটার। এটি রাজশাহীর চারঘাট, নাটোর জেলার বাগাতিপাড়া, লালপুর, বড়াইগ্রাম, নাটোর সদর, গুরুদাসপুর হয়ে পাবনা জেলার মধ্যে দিয়ে প্রবাহিত হয়ে যমুনায় মিশে গেছে। এক সময় এ নদীই ছিল যোগাযোগের প্রধান মাধ্যম। বর্ষা মৌসুমে সীমিত আকারে নদীর মাধ্যমে একস্থান থেকে অন্যস্থানে মালামাল আনা নেয়া করা হলেও শুকনা মৌসুমে নদীতে পানি কমে যাওয়ায় যোগাযোগের অযোগ্য হয়ে পড়ে। বর্তমানে এই বড়াল নদীর পানি দ্বারা কৃষিকাজ করা হয়। এক সময় নদীতে অনেক মাছ পাওয়া যেত। এখন নদী ভরাট হয়ে যাওয়ার কারণে মাছ পাওয়া যায় না।

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Sariakandi Upazila (Bengali: সারিয়াকান্দি উপজেলা) is an upazila of Bogra District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Sariakandi Thana was established in 1886 and was converted into an upazila in 1983. It is named after its administrative center, the town of Sariakandi.

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There are lots of marvelous natural and man-made objects to enjoy near the bank of Karnafuli River in the port city Chittagong. If you visit the Karnafuli River, there is a restaurant called Zoom, just beside the Chittagong-Kaptai road. This restaurant is monitored and managed by BDR. It’s a nice picnic spot. A lot of students from Rangamati go there as a study tour.

From the spot, you can enjoy the panoramic view over the river Karnafuli. This river is flowing nicely, always full with water, whether its dry season or rainy. Both side of the river has small Mountains, and which is rich with various kinds of deciduous trees. If you visit there in the dry season, you may find most of the trees having no leaves. Its different kinds of beauty. No sign of life, but it’s still wonderful to enjoy.

There are several boats at the river, you can have a boat ride using them. Those are a bit costly, but you know you have to spend some money when you want to enjoy that kind of such beauty.

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Gurr River, the actual name of this place is Nagar River, but popularly known by the locals as Gurr. It is one of the beautiful rivers of Bangladesh. It is situated at Singra Upazila of Natore district near “Singra Upazila Health Complex”. It is very small but, looks very pleasant. There is a very large sized bill beside this river. The coordinate is 24° 30' 54.43" N 89° 8' 42.75" E. The Bridge was built years ago, the exact year was not found, but it’s really helping the people in establishing business connection on both sides of the river.

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