Ittadi at Ahsan Manzil

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I so wish they would let bands do concerts over here. I know European countries allow it in their castles.

Dhakeshwari Temple - by F. Zaman:

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Sculpture at Shishu Academy. The sculptor is Sultanul Islam; the photo is by Ranadipam Basu:

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Some roadside sculptures I hadn't seen before...the first @ Shilpi Abbas Uddin Smriti Chattar, the second called Porichinton and by sculptors Soumen Hazra and Mrinal Haque. Photos by Ranadipam Basu.

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National Theater - photo by Kaikobad. This opened sometime within the last decade and I'm surprised that we don't see more pictures of it. By any chance has anyone been there, to see a show or otherwise?

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Another pic of the National Theater, Shegun Bagicha. This photo from pblbd.

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Poinciana blooms along Crescent Lake - pictures by F. Zaman:

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where exactly is this place? near Sangshad??

^^
where exactly is this place? near Sangshad??

Yes, just across the road on the north side.

Shahidullah Hall, DU. Photos by bbcwstbd:

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by a Pak photographer visiting BD

^^ Thanks for the pic Pakia :) The name of the park however is "Chondrima Uddyan." The closest to "Pulton Park" that I can think of, is the former Paltan Maidan in the greater Motijheel area (another part of town), now the site of two stadiums.

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Thats a well taken shot..thanks for sharing it with us Pakia

you're welcome. Hope to visit BD one day. Here is another one of KrishnaKura flowers in Dhaka. From Tan-Afridi's 2006 visit to Bangladesh.
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I think I was in Pulton Park ( I think right in front of Parliament building ) but didnt specify it in my report. Anyway, my flight to Dhaka is confirmed this Nov 26th, but will stay for only 4 nights.

Its a good area for a walk/hangout :)

... Anyway, my flight to Dhaka is confirmed this Nov 26th, but will stay for only 4 nights.

Are you going to use AirAsia again?

^^
I hope not :P
skyprince bro, try taking MH please, then we can have some night shots of ZIA airport for our aviation thread ;)

Good stuff Pakia.

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I hope not :P
skyprince bro, try taking MH please, then we can have some night shots of ZIA airport for our aviation thread ;)

A couple for you. Photographer: F. Zaman.

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for sum reason, i cant see ur pics :ohno:

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for sum reason, i cant see ur pics :ohno:

Dunno, they come up fine for me.

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its solved now :)

and by 'nightshots', I actually meant shots of aeroplanes from the inside, not exterior pics :P

^^
its solved now :)

Since I use photobucket, their site may be down from time to time.

and by 'nightshots', I actually meant shots of aeroplanes from the inside, not exterior pics :P

Insides of aeroplanes? How would that be different at ZIA vs anywhere else?

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LOL from the inside of the airport terminal where u can see planes :P

A colonial era house with striking resemblance to the old DU buildings like Curzon Hall...I wonder if they are by the same architect? The house is in Wari, I think...I believe I saw a pic of it in an article on Wari a few years ago. This photo by milusiddique.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/milusiddique2.jpg

A colonial era house with striking resemblance to the old DU buildings like Curzon Hall...I wonder if they are by the same architect? The house is in Wari, I think...I believe I saw a pic of it in an article on Wari a few years ago. This photo by milusiddique.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/milusiddique2.jpg

Nice pic Tan

I think all the houses in wari (well most of 'em) look like Curzon Hall because at that time the most fashionable building style (Raj/Mughal design vernacular) looked something like this and applied to buildings large or small. The small umbrella thingies (Chhatris) were very popular. I bet the original designer meant to have green edgings/manicured garden and crushed 'Khoa'/stone walkway leading up to the entrance but people who bought the house eventually lost the sense of beauty ('shoukhin' attitude) and started tying up livestock in front of it...or as we see here, drying spices or pulses on the driveway.

The original vision will all come back if they just try a bit...

Are you going to use AirAsia again?

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I hope not :P
skyprince bro, try taking MH please, then we can have some night shots of ZIA airport for our aviation thread ;)

Late reply since I just returned from UAE, anyway I will use AK which means arrival@ DAC around 16:00 :(

Anyway, nice colonial red building, Tan.

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doesnt matter, u can still take afternoon shots then please :)

Dhaka is great place for visiting, i have heard that there tourism is also getting rich.
Simple interest calculator calculation rates mortgage compound high interest savings account (http://simpleinterestcalculator.org)

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yup it sure is =]

Why you guys don't have a similar thread on other cities of Bangladesh like Chittagong? I've heard that its really worth visiting.

Warning: If you guys don't start one on Chittagong, then I may. jk

Why you guys don't have a similar thread on other cities of Bangladesh like Chittagong? I've heard that its really worth visiting.

Warning: If you guys don't start one on Chittagong, then I may. jk

Check out this Cityscapes and Landmarks thread, which is the second in this series:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=821488

Chittagong has a single thread for Cityscapes and Landmarks both because there are, at present, both fewer points of interest, and far fewer photos to be found on the net, relative to Dhaka. That will likely change in coming years as the port city grows and internet access expands.

There is also a projects thread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=489912

Relatively speaking, at this early stage of development, Chittagong city isn't worth visiting just for itself, but rather is the gateway for natural attractions of southeast Bangladesh.

By topbanana:

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A couple of years old but a well taken shot. This view would look nicer today now that Surma and Baitul View Towers are complete. Photo by victor_bd.

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Thanks for the stadium shot! In little more than a year the curtain of 2011 Cricket Worldcup will be raised at the very spot :)

Thanks for the stadium shot! In little more than a year the curtain of 2011 Cricket Worldcup will be raised at the very spot :)

In Motijheel? I thought Mirpur?

In Motijheel? I thought Mirpur?

The opening ceremony will be at Bangabandhu stadium at Mothijheel. The actual matches will be played at Mirpur and Chittagong Divisional stadium.

^^ Thanks, good to know. I didn't know that there was a separate opening ceremony. In World Cup Football (Soccer) for example, the opening ceremony precedes the opening match and is at the same venue.

^^ Thanks, good to know. I didn't know that there was a separate opening ceremony. In World Cup Football (Soccer) for example, the opening ceremony precedes the opening match and is at the same venue.

Yeah it's different for cricket since the ODI matches are 8 hours long, so combining the opening cermony with a match will result in a very loong day!

If we have the nearby highrises completed by 2011 and decorated, the view is gonna be stunning :)

Yeah it's different for cricket since the ODI matches are 8 hours long, so combining the opening cermony will result in a very loong day!

If we have the nearby highrises completed by 2011 and decorated, the view is gonna be stunning :)

The opening day ceremony is 2 days before the actual start of the 1st game. So 2 days of partying. :banana:

Yeah it's different for cricket since the ODI matches are 8 hours long, so combining the opening cermony with a match will result in a very loong day!

If we have the nearby highrises completed by 2011 and decorated, the view is gonna be stunning :)

I hope City Center is complete by then. But, given the pace of work since things came to a near standstill at the end of 2006, I'm certainly not putting my money on it.

More importantly, I hope that Janata Bank gets a repaint and that Bangladesh Bank gets a thorough cleaning. These two were such nice looking buildings when they were new. But I guess whoever is in charge of them forgot that they would need any exterior maintenance.

By F. Zaman:

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That's a great stadium shot Tanzirian Bhai! I did not now that the stadium in Motijheel had a race track. They must have put it recently.

That's a great stadium shot Tanzirian Bhai! I did not now that the stadium in Motijheel had a race track. They must have put it recently.

Yup, as far as I recall, it was installed a few years ago after deciding to stop having cricket matches there. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that.

Mirpur

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Inside Lalbagh Fort Audience Hall (photo by Jan Jan Jan:

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Side view of City Hall...photo by m_kihr:

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Section of Qassabtuly Mosque - photo by Sandy and Alan

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Antique car sculpture decorating a gas station...photo by Ershad Ahmed:

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hmm not bad :)

Barnali recently posted some pics of the house below, which was built by one of my great-grandfathers in Old Dhaka. I lived here as a child. A few years ago I posted some pics that I took in 1998. The house was sold off by the family a few years ago...the building and the neighborhood has been in decline for a good while now. Good to see some developer has not torn down the place. If I won the Powerball lottery I would buy and restore the place, but sadly that has not transpired yet...

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Barnali recently posted some pics of the house below, which was built by one of my great-grandfathers in Old Dhaka. I lived here as a child. A few years ago I posted some pics that I took in 1998. The house was sold off by the family a few years ago...the building and the neighborhood has been in decline for a good while now. Good to see some developer has not torn down the place. If I won the Powerball lottery I would buy and restore the place, but sadly that has not transpired yet...

You don't need no Powerball lottery, Tan. Just a lucrative practice! :lol::cheers:

You don't need no Powerball lottery, Tan. Just a lucrative practice! :lol::cheers:

Nah, didn't really aim along those lines. I will have a comfortable life, for which I am grateful, but won't have enough to buy more than one house :)

I think I saw this house Tan Bhai! Is it by any chance near Hajir Biryani at Nazira Bazaar?

I think I saw this house Tan Bhai! Is it by any chance near Hajir Biryani at Nazira Bazaar?

Yup at Nazira Bazar chau-rasta :)

What will be the name of Zia International which will be the most important place within Bangladesh.

See newshttp://www.vromonbd.com/jsp/news/newsDetails.jsp?ID=119

It will a stupid things ever.

Bangladesh specially Dhaka need another work very urgently. It is very important place within Bangladesh.

Shaheed Minar on eve of Ekushey (photo by no n@me) :

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Antique car sculpture decorating a gas station...photo by Ershad Ahmed:

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Like and love this! :okay:

St Thomas Church, Old Dhaka (built 1819). Photos by P Donovan.

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Minarets in Old Dhaka...photos by P Donovan:

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Old Dhaka...vanishing vestiges of the past...photos by P Donovan:

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View taken from porte cocehere of Banga Bhaban (President's official residence) looking outward towards the main gate. Photo by derekwyattmp

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Barnali recently posted some pics of the house below, which was built by one of my great-grandfathers in Old Dhaka. I lived here as a child. A few years ago I posted some pics that I took in 1998. The house was sold off by the family a few years ago...the building and the neighborhood has been in decline for a good while now. Good to see some developer has not torn down the place. If I won the Powerball lottery I would buy and restore the place, but sadly that has not transpired yet...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4342805533_1311f96253_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4342805997_890856e324_b.jpg

i'd buy this over any new buildings in bd. Just wondering, how much is this worth now.

i'd buy this over any new buildings in bd. Just wondering, how much is this worth now.

A lot, not really for the building itself, but for the land...like any land in Dhaka.

High Court Arch...photo by Soheildhaka

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/sd5.jpg

Looks like there is a problem with Flickr...none of the pics from there are showing up...

Anwho...one by soheildhaka

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Rose Garden...photo by soheildhaka

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^^ I remember visiting this house when I was a kid. I am glad to see the owners have restored the house, and have to 'developed' it!

^^ I remember visiting this house when I was a kid. I am glad to see the owners have restored the house, and have to 'developed' it!

Rose Garden has thankfully always been in reasonably good shape, and it's also nice that the owners don't mind the public coming and walking around the grounds. If the gardens were tended to and the pavilion subjected to some basic restoration, the compound could easily become a desriable venue for functions or get-togethers.

Photo by kaikobad

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/kaikobad2.jpg

Rose Garden has thankfully always been in reasonably good shape, and it's also nice that the owners don't mind the public coming and walking around the grounds. If the gardens were tended to and the pavilion subjected to some basic restoration, the compound could easily become a desriable venue for functions or get-togethers.
Where is this Rose Garden? Is it the name of the house or the area/locality?

Photo by kaikobad

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How come they didn't paint the cube?

How come they didn't paint the cube?

In a previous pic I had seen of Baitul Mukarram it looked like the cube had been painted. So I am not sure if 1) this is an older pic and the cube has since been painted (although it was uploaded only a day or two ago) 2) I was mistaken in my earlier assumption or 3) it was painted and has since gone back to its old state (perhaps due to monsoon?). I really hope it gets spruced up, now that the new gate and minaret look so nice.

The link below will show you the pics I posted in February, where the cube looks nice and painted:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=896058&page=24

Where is this Rose Garden? Is it the name of the house or the area/locality?

Rose Garden is the name of the building. It is located in Narinda, on Hrishikesh Das Lane, if I remember correctly. I wrote about its history in post 137 of my Historic Dhaka thread a while back. If it interests you, the link is:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=436396&page=7

Department of Archaeology

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I learned a new word today! Archaeology=Protnototto. Thanks Nayeem!

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:lol:

after a long time, i hear that word, altho i knew it :P

Rose Garden is the name of the building. It is located in Narinda, on Hrishikesh Das Lane, if I remember correctly. I wrote about its history in post 137 of my Historic Dhaka thread a while back. If it interests you, the link is:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=436396&page=7
Just checked it out. Fascinating.

Photo by kaikobad

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I don't know why market just under national mosque ? It is very unfortunate. Why GOV can't free the area for Musolli only.

Photo by kaikobad

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/kaikobad2.jpg
I hope there's an elevator (lift) to reach the top of the minaret. Or is it just a facade?

I don't know why market just under national mosque ? It is very unfortunate. Why GOV can't free the area for Musolli only.

I think there's a market around the mosque because the rents pay for the upkeep of the mosque. I don't know if GoB pays the salaries of the Imams and Muezzins or any funds for repair work. This is why you have donation box passed around after Juma prayers.

I hope there's an elevator (lift) to reach the top of the minaret. Or is it just a facade?

Usually there's a spiral staircase in the minaret. My brothers and I would climb to the the top of our local mosque's minaret in Kuwait to get a vintage view of the surrounding area. It helped to have a Bangladeshi muezzin who knew us well, otherwise these were no go areas for little kids.

Photo by zaki ahmed

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Lalbagh Fort Complex

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National Parliament

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National Monument

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Beautiful photos.....:cheers:

Construction of Independence Monument to begin soon
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka
The construction work of the long-awaited main tower of Independence Monument at Suhrawardy Udyan in the Dhaka city is going to start soon.
Officials said an international tender process has already been completed and two proposals have been sent to the public procurement committee for the final approval.
The construction of the main tower will start very soon if the approval is given in the current week, they hoped.
Project director engineer Shahab Uddin said eight local and foreign companies took part in the international tender. Three of them were selected primarily and they were asked to submit financial proposals.
Two of the firms — a Bangladesh-China joint venture and a Bangladesh-US joint venture — have submitted their financial proposals and they have been sent to the public procurement committee for approval.
The last Awami League government took the initiative to construct the monument in commemoration of the inception of independence movement and victory in the War of Independence.
The last AL government took the project in 1997 and its formal implementation had begun in 1999.
Later, the BNP-Jamaat alliance government stopped the project in October 2001 and it remained so until December 2004. In the beginning of 2005, the work on the project resumed for some days, but was stopped again.
After the present AL government assumed office, it started implementing the project on a priority basis.
In the first phase, Shikha Anirban, an underground museum, an open stage, a plaza, a mural, a water site and pavements were made at a cost of Tk 64 crore.
In the second phase, construction of the main tower and other things would be completed at a cost of Tk 181.61 crore.
Officials said the project is expected to complete by June 2012 on 67 acres of land in the historic Suhrawardy Uddyan.
The main tower of the Independence Monument would be constructed with steel frames and transparent classes applying latest technology. It would be an extraordinary tower in the world.
Both the length and width of the tower would be 16 feet in commemoration of 16 December of 1971, the Victory Day. Its height would be 150 feet and there would be arrangements for illumination within the tower.

Source: New Age

HC asks police to stop construction
in Lalbagh Fort site
Staff Correspondent
The High Court on Sunday asked the Lalbagh police officer-in-charge to stop within 24 hours building construction in the vicinity of the 332-year-old Lalbagh Fort in the capital.
The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also asked the police station chief to submit a report on the matter to the court in a week.
The court also asked the government to explain in three weeks why it would not be directed to enforce the Antiquities Act and the building construction rules for the conservation of the heritage site.
Secretaries to the cultural and home ministries, Dhaka mayor, Rajuk chairman, director general of the Directorate of Architecture, Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lalbagh police officer-in-charge, and local residents M Shahid Hossain, Mohammad Haque and Loton have been asked to reply to the rule.
The court passed the order after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh seeking a direction on the government to enforce the relevant laws and rules for the conservation of the site.
The organisation’s counsel Manzill Murshild told the court that owners of buildings bordering the fort were constructing buildings in the vicinity of the fort site flouting the Antiquities Act and the building construction rules, which restricts construction in heritage sites.
Manzill also called the court’s attention to newspaper reports that a number of building constructions in the heritage site was growing alarmingly in violation of relevant laws for which the beauty of the fort and its existence stand threatened.
Rights organisation Save the Environment at a recent human chain in front of the fort pointed out that according to records, the square-shaped fort had once spanned 18 acres of land and the area has now shrunk to 17.3525 acres.
Leaders of the organisation expressed their concerns about illegal settlement made inside the boundaries of the Fort and demanded immediate removal of the settlements which, they said, were constructed by razing some portions of the fort’s western boundary wall.

Source: New Age

JS panel for building monuments
at all battle sites of 71
Staff Correspondent
A parliamentary panel took a decision on Monday for building monuments at the sites where battles were fought during the War of Independence in 1971.
The standing committee initially identified 14 battle sites in 10 districts for building the monuments, they said.
The standing committee on Liberation War Affairs Ministry at a meeting also constituted a convening committee with the state minister AB Tajul Islam as the convener, committee sources said.
It entrusted the convening committee to constitute sub-committees at district and upazila levels to identify all other sites where battles were fought for independence due accuracy.
The standing committee decided to build the monuments at all the sties where battles were fought for independence, they said.
Chaired by the panel chairman Rafiqul Islam, MP, the meeting also reviewed the latest list of the freedom fighters to check whether or not it contains names of non freedom fighters.
The panel recommended to the respective authorities to ensure that the list does not contain the name of a single non freedom fighter.
The sttate minister AB Tajul Islam, Shawkat Momen Shahjahan, MP, Shamshur Rahman Sharif, MP, and AKMA Awal, MP, attended the meeting.

Source: New Age

Sculpture outside Charukala Institute - photo by F. Zaman:

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Where did you live? Rose Garden is in Gopibag, I live in there. It's the 3rd next house form our home.

Now it's used a storage :-( I think the owner of the building is now Idu Mia or son of Idu Mia. Idu Mia is the son of Humayun Rashid who bought the house from the Hindu Merchant whose name i forgot :-S

Rose Garden is the name of the building. It is located in Narinda, on Hrishikesh Das Lane, if I remember correctly. I wrote about its history in post 137 of my Historic Dhaka thread a while back. If it interests you, the link is:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=436396&page=7

It's in K.M. Das Lane in Gopibag.

Where did you live? Rose Garden is in Gopibag, I live in there. It's the 3rd next house form our home.

My dad's family home is in Arambagh, but my shashuri's family home is in Gopibag, so I went there several times during my December trip.

It's in K.M. Das Lane in Gopibag.

And so it is. And here is another nice recent pic. Photo by shubho salateen. Looks to be in great shape.

http://i.images.cdn.fotopedia.com/CdyPAY5sM3w-UpRHog4k7VI-hd/Countries_of_the_World/Asia/Bangladesh/Bangladesh-Dhaka-hd.jpg

Kamalapur Rail Station...photo by Peculiar Sajib

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5111/5799309017_fc7007a1f6_b.jpg

Looks like Star Mosque arches have been glassed up! Me no likey...

Photo by knradpolnd

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/5793152711_d361d91163_b.jpg

Baitul Mukarram gateway...photo by Lyngve Skrede

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/tanzirian/P1130332.jpg

New (old?) Bangladesh Tourism Campaign (school of life),

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vku-nBnXBOM

or, try the Chinese Youtube site,

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ1NjA5NDc2.html

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/6284807585_c61816ac76_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashfiq13/6284807585/)
Lalbagh Fort | Dhaka (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashfiq13/6284807585/) by rushdi13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mashfiq13/), on Flickr
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5921019528_09024a761d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashfiq13/5921019528/)
Jahaj Bari | Boat House (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mashfiq13/5921019528/) by rushdi13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/mashfiq13/), on Flickr

Gol Talab (Round Pond) in the Old Town; photo by A. Anis Joy - not sure but it may have been constructed by the "Nawab" family of Ahsan Manzil.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/61883986.jpg

Atypical aerial view of Bangabandhu Stadium during this past WC, with Baitul Mukarram gateway also visible. Pic posted a A. Anis Joy.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/61632290.jpg

The Dhaka National Martyrs' Memorial in Dhaka (Courtesy of Justin Brockie on FLICKR).

The Marble inscription out front reads,

"The Blood of the Courageous, the Tears of a Mother,
Valued sacrifices -- will they be lost unto dust?

Will heaven not be bought as such?
Will the world's defenders not be amazed at such debt?"

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