These metropolitan cities have mayoral elections, while other municipalities elect a chairperson.
Cox's Bazar, south of the city of Chittagong, has a beach that stretches uninterrupted over 120 kilometres (75 mi); it is one of the world's longest unbroken natural sea beaches.
Bagerhat, southern district of the country has been termed as the Historical City of mosque by UNESCO.
Of all the mosques the most famous is the one established by Turkish General and Muslim saint Ulagh Khan Jahan in the middle of fifteenth century-Shait Gumbud mosque.
Bagerhat's historical name is "Khalifatabad." It is situated at the meeting point of Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.
These inscribed monuments are titled “Bagherat” after the modern town situated nearby but are in reality those from city of Khalifatabad built in the 15th century by the Turkish Sufi general Khan Jahan Ali who became widely known as a warrior-saint.
The most significant building, is that of the Shait Gumbad Mosque (photo) said to be “the most magnificent traditional mosque in the country”.
There are at least 7 other mosques to visit — mainly small square or rectangular buildings in brick with terracotta decoration and varying numbers of domes.
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Historic MosqueCity of Bagerhat (22°40'0" N, 89°47'59" E)
Situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat, at the meeting-point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as Khalifatabad, was founded by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century.
Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, Somapura Mahavira, or the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 12th century.
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Historic MosqueCity of Bagerhat (C iv/ 1985)
The city's infrastructure reveals considerable technical skill and an exceptional number of mosques and early Islamic monuments, many built of brick, can be seen there.
The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species, the Bengal tiger and other threatened species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python.
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Located within the suburbs of Bagerhat, near the mouths of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as Khalifatabad, was founded by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century.
The city's infrastructures attest to considerable technical skill, and an exceptional number of mosques and ancient Islamic monuments, many of them brick, can be seen there.
International Safeguarding Campaign for the Historic Monuments of Paharpur and Bagerhat (UNESCO Division of Cultural Heritage)
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Further to this, the inter-linking of rivers is likely in some or other way to destroy UNESCO's world heritage sites in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Such sites are the Sundarbans (an indigenous forests nurturing flora and fauna) at the lower delta region, Paharpur Buddha Vihara and the historic mosquecity of Bagerhat, etc.
Also, because of the river Inter-linking in India, salinity will creep up in the delta all over the southern part of Bangladesh, damaging agriculture.
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