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This chapter contains the History, Culture, Environment and Food & Drink chapters of Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

Get a jumpstart on your Bangladeshi adventure with this inside info on everything from the nation's proud yet blood-soaked history and thrilling wildlife to its trendsetting environmental policies and seductively sticky sweets.

• menu decoder and useful foodie phrases
• the lowdown on rickshaw art
• why Bangladesh is a bird-watcher's dream
• guide to the major tribal groups
• history timeline

Coverage includes: History, The National Psyche, Lifestyle, Population, Religion, Women in Bangladesh, Media, Sport, Architecture, Literature, Folk Art, Modern Art, Cinema, The Land, Wildlife, National Parks & Forest Reserves, Environmental Issues, Culinary Staples & Specialities.

This is the Dhaka chapter from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

We can't guarantee you'll fall for Dhaka's many charms, but sooner or later you'll start to move to its beat. Allow yourself to get stirred into its mix of art and intellect, passion and poverty, love and hate, to find that this is one city you'll never forget.

• maps
• join in the colourful five-day festival of Durga Puja
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• witness the panorama of Bangladeshi life unfold from a Sadarghat boat

Coverage includes: History, Sights, Activities, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, Entertainment, Shopping, Getting Around.

This is the Dhaka Division chapter from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

Rub your eyes and blink. You are finally free of the crazy Dhaka traffic jams and in front of you stretches a rural wonderland. From radiant rice paddies to dappled forests and great rivers, this is the reason you came to Bangladesh. Dive right in.

• maps
• spot spotted deer in Madhupur National Park
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• get lovey-dovey with pythons and cobras in Ghuradia

Coverage includes: Sonargaon, Savar, Dhamrai, Ghuradia, Bhawal National Park, Tangail, Mymensingh & around.

This chapter contains the Khulna Division and Barisal Division chapters of Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

If you love the thought of jungle swamps teeming with wildlife as deadly as it is beautiful then you'll love Khulna division, while the possibilities for adventure in remote Barisal division should get the hearts of explorers racing in excitement.

• maps
• cast a line with the fishing otters of the Narail and Gopalganj area
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• keep an eye out for tigers while drifting through the surreal Sundarbans

Coverage includes: Jessore & around, Benapole, Otter Fishing Villages, Kushtia, Khulna, Bagerhat, Mongla, Sundarbans National Park, Barisal & around, Kuakata.

This is the Rajshahi Division chapter from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

Rajshahi division is marked by a glorious abundance of ruins and relics. There's so much history here you may feel you can't move without tripping over a forgotten temple or palace - and you're likely to have these ancient sights all to yourself.

• maps
• stand in the footsteps of the Buddha at Paharpur
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• ogle the amazing art of Kantanagar Temple

Coverage includes: Bogra & around, Mahasthangarh, Paharpur, Rangpur, Saidpur, Dinajpur, Kantanagar Temple, Thakurgaon, Burimari, Rajshahi, Puthia, Natore, Pabna, Gaud.

This is the Chittagong Division chapter from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

From the world's longest unbroken beach at brash Cox's Bazar to Burmese-tasting hills 1000m high and a thousand stories thick, Chittagong division is not just one of the highlights of Bangladesh, but one of the most fascinating areas of Asia.

• maps
• go diving and snorkelling in Bangladesh's only coral island
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• hike to the remote tribal villages surrounding beautiful Bandarban

Coverage includes: Chittagong & around, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox's Bazar & around, Teknaf, St Martin's Island, Comilla, Mainimati Ruins.

This is the Sylhet Division chapter from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

Naturalists will find endless opportunities for entertainment in the forests and lakes of Sylhet division, but it is tea that is the real heart of life here. Don't miss the chance to visit a tea estate and learn the secrets of your morning cuppa.

• maps
• spot elusive gibbons in Lowacherra National Park
• transport
• accommodation
• restaurants
• feed black magicians with fish food at the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal

Coverage includes: Sylhet & around, Tamabil, Sunamganj, Srimangal & around.

This chapter contains the Directory, Transport, Health, Language and Glossary chapters from Lonely Planet's Bangladesh guidebook.

All the info you need on everything from flights, public transport and climate to money and internet access...you name it. Get tips for women travellers, gay and lesbian travellers, kids and travellers with disabilities, as well as invaluable health care advice. There's also a Bengali language guide and a handy glossary.