Plan a trip to Sylhet

One of Bangladesh's wealthier and more modern cities, Sylhet is home to nice hotels, many English speaking locals, and delicious teas.

Sylhet has a distinct cultural and economic development, and linguistic differences, and given that Sylhet has, for most of its recent history, been a region of a larger entity. As so many Sylhetis are resident abroad, Sylhet has a major flow of foreign currency from non-resident Bangladeshis. Cultural or nationalistic celebrations include the Language Movement Day, this is where wreaths are laid at the Shaheed Minar paying tribute to the martyrs, the Bangladeshi Independence Day, Victory Day celebrated with parades by school and academies, and the Pohela Baishakh—celebration of the Bengali New Year.