On the bank of the Mahananda River, this Victorian-style government rest house (reportedly built by the erstwhile King of Cooch Behar) is the best-known base for viewing Kanchenjunga — the world's third-highest peak, roughly 157 km away — without needing a passport or visa, best seen mid-October to mid-November.
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Small china-clay quarry hills near Durgapur, their exposed white and blue-green pits resembling a mini-canyon.
Long popularly cited as Bangladesh's highest peak, though officially-recognized elevation figures vary between…
Modern GPS surveys suggest this peak, near the Myanmar border, may actually be Bangladesh's true highest point…