Rickshaw
রিকশা
Always agree the fare before you sit. Dhaka alone runs on hundreds of thousands of them.
৳20 – ৳80
Every city and town
🛣️ Getting around
Roads, rails and rivers
Bangladesh moves by every means at once — rickshaws and metro trains, overnight launches down the Meghna and eight-lane expressways over the capital. Here is how it all fits together, and what it costs.
How people travel
Typical fares, and what to know before you get in.
CNG auto-rickshaw
সিএনজি
Green three-wheelers running on compressed natural gas. Ask for the meter, or bargain firmly.
৳60 – ৳400
Cities and highways
Bus (city)
লোকাল বাস
Cheapest way to cross a city. Keep small notes ready for the helper.
৳10 – ৳60
Urban routes
Bus (intercity AC)
দূরপাল্লার বাস
Green Line, Shohagh, Hanif and Ena run the main corridors. Book online in season.
৳500 – ৳2,500
All districts
Train
ট্রেন
Buy from eticket.railway.gov.bd exactly 10 days ahead — intercity seats sell out in minutes.
৳200 – ৳1,500
Bangladesh Railway network
Launch / Steamer
লঞ্চ
The overnight Dhaka–Barishal launch cabin is one of the great journeys of South Asia.
৳300 – ৳3,000
Southern river routes
Metro Rail
মেট্রোরেল
Buy a rechargeable MRT Pass to skip the ticket queue at peak hours.
৳20 – ৳100
Dhaka MRT-6
Ride-sharing
রাইড শেয়ারিং
Uber, Pathao and Obhai. Bike rides are fastest through Dhaka traffic.
৳80 – ৳600
Major cities
Domestic flight
অভ্যন্তরীণ ফ্লাইট
Biman, US-Bangla and Novoair fly to Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Jashore, Barishal, Rajshahi, Saidpur.
৳3,500 – ৳9,000
8 domestic airports
Leguna / Tempo
লেগুনা
Crowded but quick shared minivans on fixed short routes.
৳10 – ৳40
Short city hops
National highways
The N-numbered corridors that hold the country together.
N1 Dhaka – Chattogram – Teknaf Highway
459 kmThe busiest trade corridor of the country; part of Asian Highway AH41.
N2 Dhaka – Sylhet Highway
291 kmGateway to the tea belt and the Tamabil land port.
N3 Dhaka – Mymensingh Highway
87 kmFour-lane corridor through Gazipur’s industrial belt.
N4 Dhaka – Tangail (Jamuna Bridge link)
98 kmFeeds the Bangabandhu Bridge to the north-west.
N5 Dhaka – Rangpur – Banglabandha Highway
493 kmThe northern spine, ending at the Nepal-facing land port.
N6 Hatikumrul – Rajshahi Highway
154 kmMain access to the Rajshahi division.
N7 Daulatdia – Khulna – Mongla Highway
275 kmConnects the south-west and Mongla seaport.
N8 Dhaka – Barishal – Kuakata (Padma Bridge corridor)
292 kmTransformed by the Padma Bridge — Dhaka to Barishal in about 3 hours.
N102 Dhaka – Aricha Highway
78 kmHistoric western exit from the capital.
AH1 Asian Highway 1 (Benapole – Dhaka – Tamabil)
492 kmBangladesh’s link into the trans-Asian network.
The projects that changed the map
Opened 2022
🏗️ Padma Multipurpose Bridge
6.15 km
Self-financed road-and-rail bridge connecting 21 southern districts to the capital.
Opened 2023
🏗️ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel
3.32 km
South Asia’s first underwater road tunnel, beneath the Karnaphuli river.
Opened 2022
🏗️ Dhaka Metro Rail (MRT Line 6)
21.26 km
The country’s first metro — Uttara North to Motijheel/Kamalapur.
Opened 1998
🏗️ Bangabandhu (Jamuna) Bridge
4.8 km
The bridge that first joined the north-west to the rest of the country.
Opened 2023
🏗️ Dhaka Elevated Expressway
19.73 km
Airport to Kutubkhali elevated corridor over the capital.
Opened 2025
🏗️ Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
2,400 MW
The country’s first nuclear power station, at Ishwardi, Pabna.
Airports
| Airport | Code | City | Type | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✈️ Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport | DAC | Dhaka | International | 23.843°N, 90.398°E |
| ✈️ Shah Amanat International Airport | CGP | Chattogram | International | 22.250°N, 91.813°E |
| ✈️ Osmani International Airport | ZYL | Sylhet | International | 24.963°N, 91.867°E |
| ✈️ Cox's Bazar Airport | CXB | Cox's Bazar | Domestic | 21.452°N, 91.964°E |
| ✈️ Saidpur Airport | SPD | Nilphamari | Domestic | 25.759°N, 88.909°E |
| ✈️ Jashore Airport | JSR | Jashore | Domestic | 23.184°N, 89.161°E |
| ✈️ Barishal Airport | BZL | Barishal | Domestic | 22.801°N, 90.301°E |
| ✈️ Shah Makhdum Airport | RJH | Rajshahi | Domestic | 24.437°N, 88.617°E |
Sea and land ports
Seaport
⚓ Chattogram Port
Handles roughly 90% of the country’s external trade.
Seaport
⚓ Mongla Port
Second seaport, serving the south-west and the Sundarbans region.
Seaport
⚓ Payra Port
The newest deep-sea port, in Patuakhali.
Land port
⚓ Benapole Land Port
The largest land border crossing with India.
Land port
⚓ Banglabandha Land Port
Northern crossing linking Nepal and Bhutan corridors.
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Train tickets go on sale exactly ten days before travel at eticket.railway.gov.bd and sell out within minutes on Eid weeks. Intercity bus and launch tickets are easiest through Shohoz, BusBD or the operator’s own counter.