Department of International Tourism & Hospitality Management
Spring Semester 2020
Course Code: 1102
Course Title: Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Industry
Assignment
On
Bangladesh National Museum
Dhaka Gate
Sadar Ghat
Submitted to:
Khadiza Akter
Submitted by:
Shihab Ur Rahman Niyom
Student ID: 201039054
Batch: 201
Date of Submission: 7 April 2020
BANGLADESH NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Bangladesh National Museum (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় যাদুঘর), is the national museum of
Bangladesh. The museum also has a rich conservation laboratory. Nalini Kanta Bhattasali served
as the first curator of the museum during 1914–1947. It was Established 20 March 1913; 106
years ago. It is located in Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has 3 floors in total.
Ground floor
The ground floor consists of some old guns at the entrance and the hall where the people book
their tickets or assemble to hear the history of the museum.
1st floor
The 1st floor is divided into 22 rooms.
1st room
The first room displays a large map showing the map of Bangladesh and its 64 districts.
2nd room
The 2nd room consists of an under going work of a large statue of a royal Bengal tiger.
3rd-10th room
These rooms consist of natural beauties found in Bangladesh. In one of the room there is
showcase of a tongue of a whale.
10th-22nd room
The other rooms contain some historic relics of Bengal up to 1900. There is a room which shows
the different boats used by the rural people.
2nd floor
The 2nd floor consists of photos of famous people and showcases the Bangladesh Liberation
War and the Language Movement of 1952. There are posters used in the war, a torture machine
and much more. There are also two libraries.
3rd floor
The 3rd floor consists of pictures of international politicians, artists, scientists, famous pictures
and four international galleries - Chinese, Korean, Iranian and Swiss.
DHAKA GATE
Dhaka Gate also known as Mir Jumla's Gate or Ramna Gate is a monument believed to be built
by Mir Jumla II and enlisted as one of the oldest Mughal architectures in Dhaka. The gate was
once a remarkable Mughal architecture in capital Dhaka and was used to enter in the city after
arriving on the bank of Buriganga River. The gate was probably meant to guard the city from the
north from the attacks of Magh pirates. Mir Jumla II reestablished Dhaka as the capital of Bengal
province. He constructed a number of structures including roads, bridges, culverts and a number
of forts to modernise the city. The Dhaka Gate, yellow in colour, constitutes of three major parts-
two walls and a pillar.The two walls that shape like a slide has two pillars each that helped it to
stand still for 400 years. The pillar, the height of which is about 15 feet, stands between the two
walls. In total the gate, once a gateway to enter into the capital Dhaka used by the Mughals,
consists of 5 pillars.
SADAR GHAT
Dhaka Port is the main naval port located on the Buriganga River near Dhaka, the capital and
largest city of Bangladesh. The port is located in the southern part of the city. It is the busiest
port of Bangladesh in terms of passenger traffic. From here people can get in any other division.
Barisal/chadpur and many other places. People have to travel by launch. Lets talk about few
launch which goes to barisal district.
SUNDARBON 11: Directly goes to barisal district. It goes to almost
every place which is under barisal district. Like potuakhali/jhalokathi/bhola etc.
It costs 250TK for travelling. But if someone wants to travel by staying in a cabin
then it costs 1000-5000. Depends on the cabin and bed. There is vip cabin which
has extra facility and the cost is 5000+. The launch starts it journey at 8.30PM
Mitali 4 : Directly goes to chadpur. Cost at deck 100TK. Cabin costs 400-
2000. Starts its journey at 9.40AM.
MV BALIA: Dhaka-bhola. Cost (280-3500) time:7 PM
