The Gorai-Madhumati is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. In its upper reaches, it is called the Gorai, and the name changes to Madhumati further downstream. The Madhumati flows through Kushtia, Jessore, Rajbari, Faridpur, Khulna, Pirojpur and Barguna districts in Bangladesh.
The Jamuna River is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. It is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo, before flowing through India and then southwest into Bangladesh. The Jamuna flows south and joins the Padma River, near Goalundo Ghat, before meeting the Meghna River near Chandpur. It then flows into the Bay of Bengal as the Meghna River.
Kumarkhali is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Shelaidaha area, where the poet Rabindranath Tagore spent a considerable time of his youth.
Faridpur Sadar Upazila is an upazila (sub-district) of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It contains Faridpur city near the banks of the Padma River.
Muksudpur is an upazila of Gopalganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Baliakandi is an Upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Pangsha is an upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Chowgacha is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Jashore Sadar is an upazila of Jashore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Its administrative centre is the city of Jashore, which is also the centre of the district.
Kotchandpur is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in Khulna Division, in south-west Bangladesh.
Mohammadpur is an upazila of Magura District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Bhurungamari is the northernmost upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Phulbari is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Ulipur is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
Chauhali is an upazila, or sub-district of Sirajganj District, located in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
The Dharla River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra which is a trans-boundary river flowing through India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It originates from Kupup/Bitang lake lying in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary of East Sikkim in the Himalayas where it is known as the Jaldhaka River. It then flows through East Sikkim, India then goes to Samtse District, Bhutan and returns to India again at Kalimpong district. From there, it flows through Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, India, one of the seven main rivers to do so. Here the river enters Bangladesh through the Lalmonirhat District and flows as the Dharla River until it empties into the Brahmaputra River near the Kurigram District. Near Patgram Upazila, it again flows easterly back into India. It then moves south and enters Bangladesh again through Phulbari Upazila of Kurigram District and continues a slow meandering course.
Chuknagar massacre was a massacre of Bengali Hindus committed by the Pakistan Army and local collaborators during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. The massacre took place on 20 May 1971 at Dumuria in Khulna and it was one of the largest massacres during the war. According to local estimates, between 10,000 and 12,000 people were killed, though the exact number of persons killed in the massacre is not known. Academic Sarmila Bose, in her controversial book. dismisses claims that 10,000 were killed as "unhelpful", and argues that the reported number of attackers could have shot no more than several hundred people before running out of ammunition. The majority of people killed in the massacre were men, although an unknown number of women and children were murdered as well.
Pundravardhana or Pundra kingdom, was an ancient kingdom of Iron Age South Asia located in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent with a territory that included parts of present-day Rajshahi and parts of Rangpur Division of Bangladesh as well as the West Dinajpur district of West Bengal and Goalpara district of Assam, India. The capital of the kingdom, then known as Pundranagara, was located at Mahasthangarh in Bogra District of northern Bangladesh. Pundra janapada was the Ganges and the Kosi river on the west, the Brahmaputra on the east, the Padma River on the south and the land between Purnia, Jhapa, Cooch Behar and included the Terai region.
The Kumar is a river in south-western Bangladesh.
Bhodra river flows across the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
