Bangladesh

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat (1985)
• Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (1985)

• The Sundarbans (1997)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Mahansthangarh and its Environs (1999)
• The Lalmai-Mainamati Group of monuments (1999)
• Lalbagh Fort (1999)
• Halud Vihara (1999)
• Jaggadala Vihara (1999)

News

• Dec 7, 2007
  Sundarbans World Heritage site devastated by cyclone, according to UNESCO experts who visited the site
• Apr 4, 2005
  Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"

Contacts

• Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO
  Chairperson: Dr Iajuddin Ahmed*
  Secretary: Mr Md. Mahmudul Hassan
  Secretary-General: Mr Momtajul Islam
  Ministry of Education
  1, Asian Highway
  Palassy - Nilkhet
  1205 DHAKA
  BANGLADESH
  Tel: (880.2) 862 79 68; (880-2) 862 79 69;
  Fax: (880-2) 861-3420
  EMail: bncu@bdcom.com;
  Web Site: www.bncu.gov.bd
  Source: UNESCO/ERC