Mymensingh ময়মনসিংহ
Brahmaputra banks, zamindar palaces and Muktagacha monda
Mymensingh is an old university and riverside town on the Old Brahmaputra, the heartland of Bengal's folk ballads. Its zamindar palaces, the Zainul Abedin museum and the famous monda of Muktagacha make it an easy and rewarding stop north of Dhaka.
- Muktagacha monda
- Shashi Lodge
- Old Brahmaputra riverside
- Mymensingh Gitika ballads
Places
Place Shashi Lodge
শশী লজA graceful zamindar palace in Mymensingh town with a marble statue of Venus in its garden fountain.
Place Zainul Abedin Museum and Brahmaputra Park
জয়নুল আবেদিন সংগ্রহশালা ও ব্রহ্মপুত্র পার্কThe country's great painter, remembered in a riverside museum on the Old Brahmaputra.
Place Muktagacha Zamindar Bari
মুক্তাগাছা জমিদার বাড়িThe sprawling, partly ruined palace of the Muktagacha zamindars, with temples and carved stucco.
Place Bangladesh Agricultural University Campus
বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়A large green campus on the Brahmaputra with a botanical garden, fields and riverside walks.
Representative photo Place Nazrul Smriti Kendra, Trishal
নজরুল স্মৃতিকেন্দ্র, ত্রিশালA small museum in Trishal remembering the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, who spent part of his boyhood here.
Foods
Food Muktagacha Monda
মুক্তাগাছার মণ্ডাA flat, grainy milk sweet made in the same shop since 1824, Mymensingh's most famous taste.
Food Mymensingh Fish
ময়মনসিংহের মাছThe country's biggest fish-farming region, where pond-fresh fish fills every bazaar.
Representative photo Food Mymensingh Malaikari
ময়মনসিংহের মালাইকারীHalved chhana balls spread with thick kheer, first made about a century ago in Mymensingh town.
Food Fulbaria Lal Chini
ফুলবাড়িয়ার লাল চিনিFine, reddish hand-made sugar from sugarcane juice, a GI product of Fulbaria.
Food Chyapa Shutki of Nandail
নান্দাইলের চ্যাপা শুঁটকিSemi-fermented puti fish, pungent and loved, sold by makers at Nandail market.
Traditions
Where to stay
Hotel prices in every district →- Budget hotel
- ৳800–2,000
- Good hotel
- ৳2,000–5,000
- Upscale / resort
- No data
This district's price range is estimated from nearby districts. Any hotels listed below have their own sourced prices.
Where these prices come from
Estimate: no sourced room prices were found for Mymensingh; bands follow sourced prices in comparable divisional towns (Rajshahi, Barishal, Bogura).
Prices come from newspapers, the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation website and the hotels' own listings. Call the hotel to check the rate before you book.
Where to eat, and what it costs
This district's meal costs are estimated from nearby districts. Any restaurants listed below have their own sourced prices.
Room and food together here come to roughly ৳800–3,350 per person a day
From a budget hotel and local eateries up to a good hotel and good restaurants. We assume two people share a room, so each pays half the room rate. Travel, tickets and upscale places are extra.
Restaurants and dish prices (3)
- Janaki Nag Sweets Swadeshi Bazar, Mymensingh town
- Malaikari (about 15 pieces a kg) · ৳400/kg
Local eateries 2023 prices · Source - Krishna Cabin Mymensingh town
- Malaikari · ৳400/kg
Local eateries 2023 prices · Source - Kacchi Bhai Mymensingh city branch
- Basmati kacchi biryani · ৳330/plate
- Special mutton tehari · ৳270/plate
- Plain polao with chicken roast and borhani · ৳320/plate
- Borhani · ৳80/glass
Good restaurants 2026 prices · Source
Taste these
- Muktagacha Monda Gopal Pal's shop in Muktagacha town
- Mymensingh Fish Local eateries and fish markets in Mymensingh town
- Mymensingh Malaikari Janaki Nag Sweets in Swadeshi Bazar and Krishna Cabin, Mymensingh town About 400 BDT per kg, roughly 15 pieces
- Fulbaria Lal Chini Growers and bazaars in Fulbaria upazila, such as around Palashtoli village, and shops in Mymensingh town
- Chyapa Shutki of Nandail Nandail municipal market on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday Good chyapa about 1,200 BDT per kg (2022)
Where these prices come from
No district-specific meal survey found; budget figures follow reported rice-hotel prices outside Dhaka (fish or meat meal 80-150 Tk, rice-bhorta-dal breakfast 20-50 Tk, 2023-2026) and mid figures follow the town's sit-down restaurants and chains where known.
Prices come from newspapers and the restaurants' own listings, and they change over time.
Crafts and food from this district are in our shop.
