Carry one of the largest supplies of fresh water in the world through the land, and empty themselves in the Bay.Bangladesh as a holiday making land exposes to many flamboyant facets. Its tourist attractions are many folded, which include archaeological sites, historical mosques and monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forests and tribal people, wild life of various species. Bangladesh offers ample opportunities to tourists for angling, water skiing, river cruising, hiking, rowing, yachting, sea bathing as well as bringing one in close touch with pristine nature.

Located in the north-eastern part of South Asia, Bangladesh lies between 20º34' and 26º36' latitude and 88º01' and 92º41' longitude. The majestic Himalayas stand some distance to the north, while in the south lies the Bay of Bengal. The gangetic Plains of west Bengal border to country on the west and in the east lie the hilly and forested regious of Tripura , Mizoram(India) and Myanmar. These picturesque geographical boundaries frame a low lying plain of about 1,47,570 sq.km criss-crossed by innumerable rivers and streams. Mighty rivers Padma(Ganges),Brahamaputra(Jamuna) and Meghna. This is Bangladesh, a fertile land where nature is bounteous.

Much of the country's land area has been built up from alluvial deposits brought down by the major rivers. The country is mostly flat except for a range of hills in the south-east. The topography of the country is characterized by wooded marshy lands and jungles with hat cro lands occupying most of the river basins. There are deep forested regions in Sylhet, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban Hill Districts, Sundarbans (the World Heritage site), Mymensingh and Tangail.

Bangladesh has a long and eventful history as a nation. Although it enjoyed as a free and sovereign state only in 1971, after a nine month long war of liberation, the land itself and its people, have their origin in antiquity. The earliest nation of Bangladesh in found in the 9th century Bc Indian epic the Mahabharata. There are evidences of story Mongoloid presence at the time.Then in 5th & 6th century Bc came the Aryans from central Asia and dravidians from western India. The Hindu and Buddhust dynasties of guptas, palas and senas ruled the country until 13th century, when muslim conquerers trok over the reigns of the country.

The muslim rules either belonging independent dynasties such as the hossain Shahi or Hyas Shahi dynasties or uiceroys exercising power on behalf of continued to rules the country until the middle of the 18th century, when the British took over the control of Bengal and eventually the whole of India.The Europeans, mainly portuguese, Dutch, French and British trader had vegun to arrive in Bangladesh from the 15th century and extended an economic control over the region.

Modern Period

In 1757 British colonigers defeated. the last Muslim ruler of Bengal, Nowab Sirajuddoullah at Palassey. After the end of the British rule in 1947, the country was partitioned into India and Pakistan. But the movement for autonomy for East Pakistan began within a couple of years because of linguistic and cultural differences and economic disparity between the two wings. The seeds of independence were sown through the great Language Movement of 1952, through a two decade long struggle for independence that culminated in the war of liberation with the call of the then national leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of the Nation) the country emerged as a free country in 16 December 1971 with the sacrifice of 3 millions martyres.