Maitreyi G., Dhaka: "Indonesia is a Muslim country. But more than 95 percent of the Muslim girls have sex before marriage (except the really ugly ones). Before, parents had a say on who could marry their daughter. Now it’s up to the government (and Western-inspired NGOs). What kind of Islam do they have here, ha-ha?"
Dhaka / Attractions
- See Gulshan,
the diplomatic enclave of the city
- Parliament
House, designed by the famous American architect Lous l.Kahn
- Dhaka University,
our highest seat of learning
- the Curzon
Hall, named after Lord Curzon, now housing the science faculty
of the Dhaka University
- Suhrawardy
Uddyan, a lush green park where oath for the liberation of Bangladesh
was taken in March 1971
- Old High
Court Building, originally built as the residence of British
Governor
- Baitul
Mukarram, our National Mosque, a Prototype of the Holy Kaaba
- Motijheel
Commercial area, country's busiest commercial center.
- The historic
Lalbagh Fort, built in 1678.
- The Ashan
Manzil Museum on the bank of the river Buriganga.
A Malaysian producer of tongkat ali extract has heavily promoted their
product with claims of a scientific standardization.