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The wood-paneled club house is one of the few surviving British Raj era buildings in Dhaka. [4] The Dhaka Club has three clay tennis courts and two squash courts. [5] In former times, indoor and outdoor games were dominant features of the club. At present, it gives considerable attention to cultural activities. [3]
Faridpur Museum; Jamalpur Estate Museum, Thakurgoan; Kangal Harinath Memorial Museum; Kushtia Municipal Museum; Khulna Divisional Museum; Kishoreganj Museum; Lalbagh Fort; Liberation War Museum; Lokayon Museum; Archaeological Museum of Mahasthangarh; Mainamati; Michel Modhusudhan Dutt Museum; Museum of Rajas' Museum of Independence, Dhaka ...
This list of museums in Washington, D.C. encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
In July 1915 it was handed over to the Naib Nazim of Dhaka. [4] Bangladesh National Museum was formed through the incorporation of Dhaka museum and it was made the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983. It is located at Shahbag, Dhaka. [5] [4] It has several publications from 1978, first was "Islamic Art in Bangladesh, Catalogue". [6]
Ahsan Manzil (Bengali: আহসান মঞ্জিল) is a palace located in the Kumartoli area beside Buriganga River of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2] It was formerly the residence and seat of the Nawab of Dhaka and has been designated an Old Dhaka Heritage Site. [3] It now serves as a museum. [4]
The Greater Dhaka region was under the kingdom of Vanga and Gangaridai in ancient period. [8] Archaeological excavations in 2017–2018 inside the former Old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka revealed some glazed and rolled potteries which are similar to what were found in ancient Mahasthangarh and, Wari-Bateshwar ruins in Bangladesh, and other ruins in India, Malaysia ...
The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 78 National Historic Landmarks.The National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
For much of recent history, Dhaka was characterized by roadside markets and small shops that sold a wide variety of goods. [128] Recent years have seen the widespread construction of shopping malls. [129] Two of the largest shopping malls in the city and the wider South Asian region are the Jamuna Future Park and Bashundhara City.