List of twin towns and sister cities in Bangladesh

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This is a list of places in Bangladesh which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

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C

Chittagong

D

Dhaka

R

Rajshahi

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