Cox's Bazaar is a region in southern Bangladesh, called by local tourism authorities as "the world's longest smooth sandy beach". Also considered to be the "tourist capital of Bangladesh". It has 120 kms of sandy beaches, against a background of hills covered with forests.
Known for its local varieties of cigars and handloom products, particularly from the Rakhyne tribal families. Located some 162 kms south of Chittagong. Connected by air and road to Dhaka and Chittagong. Chittagong (Bengali: à¦à¦à§à¦à¦à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chaá¹á¹agrÄm) is the major sea-port and second largest city of Bangladesh. ... Panorama of Dhakas skyline Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bangla: ঢাà¦à¦¾ Ähaka), population 12,560,000[1] (2005 UN projection for statistical metropolitan area), is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. ... Chittagong (Bengali: à¦à¦à§à¦à¦à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®, Chaá¹á¹agrÄm) is the major sea-port and second largest city of Bangladesh. ...
Picnic spots include Himchari, Teknaf, the Buddhist temple at Ramu and nearby island of Sonadia, St Martin's Island, Inani Beach and Moheshkhali. Teknaf (Bangla: à¦à§à¦à¦¨à¦¾à¦« Å¢eknaf) is a upazila or sub-district of Coxs Bazar District in South-eastern Bangladesh. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...