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Humhum (Hummam) waterfall, Moulovibazar, Bangladesh

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20.03.12 Another recently discovered beautiful waterfall of Bangladesh is the Humhum waterfall locally also known as Hummam waterfall. It’s situated in the deep Rajkandi( রাজকান্দী ) reserve forest, Moulovibazar. Some tribes are resides there and no local people are not allowed to stay there for their living. It’s a good tourism destination in recent time. People used to visit there by facing a lot of communication struggle as well as transportation. We started our journey from Dhaka by train towards Srimangol in a group of 12 members and all are friends. We reached at Srimangol station at 3.00 am in the late night. We were lucky that we got few restaurant opened and we had our dinner there. And the rest of the night we passed at the station by playing cards and gossiping. It was a cold night because we choose the time for convenient journey because there lays a lot of struggle ahead in the road and the hills too. We had to stay at the station till we get the local transport...

Birishiri, Netrokona, Bangladesh

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14.01.12   As our country (Bangladesh) is a beauty of nature herself, we have a lot of places here and there to prove that if anyone doubt. Among them, the beauty of Birishiri of Durgapur thana under Netrokona district is one. It stands in both side of river Shomeshwory. The color of the water changes in place to place. During winter season the bank of the river seems to a large desert beside the bluish water of the river. History says that the world’s first ‘Garo’ community of that region went to Dhaka in the earlier of 20 th century (1909) to take the Christian religion and the missionaries of that time came at Birishiri, Durgapur to help the community in every way.  Still there are many symbols of missionaries like as the over 100 year’s old trees and the beautiful church on the hill besides the river. Local political leaders are working for the place to make it a better tourism spot by improving the condition of the roads and transportation. Now it’s ...