



Historically Rajshahi named Rampur Boalia that’s nicknamed Silk City or the City of Education. It is a metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational center of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh-India border, the city has a population of over 763,952 residents. The city is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population. Rajshahi is often considering the most clean and green among the cities of Bangladesh. Rajshahi is also well known for its fruits, especially for Mango and Lychee. Rajshahi is an important tourist destination because of a number of ancient mosques, shrines and temples in and around the city.