Paharpur and Bagerhat represent two aspects of ancient Bangladesh culture, Buddhism and Islam, and these two World Heritage Sites provide evidence of active cultural exchanges between East and West.

UNESCO's Division for Physical Heritage organized a project monitoring mission in December 1994 to these two cultural sites in Bangladesh inscribed on the ... Safeguarding Campaign for Paharpur and ...

"The mosque city of Bagerhat", now a Unesco World Heritage Site in southern Bangladesh, owes much of its cultural and architectural heritage to the legacy of Khan Jahan Ali (R), a revered Sufi ...

The five recorded canals of Bagerhat municipality have been encroached upon, with illegal permanent structures erected along their banks. Once navigable and vital for drainage, these canals are ...

Firefighters brought a devastating fire in the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, under full control on Sunday ...

DHAKA: Three leaders of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement came under attack allegedly by "Awami League men" in Bagerhat district town on Saturday (Aug 10). The injured students --Tanzib Ulrat ...

1985 09COM XA - Inscription: The historic mosque city of Bagerhat (Bangladesh) 1984 08COM IXB - Deferred Nomination ... of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the ...