Sylhet

Bangladesh's oldest clock tower, on the north bank of the Surma River beside the iron Keane Bridge; it was founded in 1872 by Nawab Ali Ahmad Khan of Prithimpassa and named after his son, Nawali Amjad Khan. Wikivoyage calls it "the Big Ben of Sylhet" (that page gives a differing construction date; Wikipedia's 1872 founding is adopted here). An evening riverside walk combining the tower and the bridge is a popular city activity.

A riverside stone-quarry village on the Piyain River in Gowainghat, near the Bangladesh-India border, where clear hill streams from the Khasi Hills run over layered piles of rock. The stacked-stone scenery is best in the dry season when water levels drop; in monsoon the river rises and travel is by boat, with flash-flood risk from hill catchments. It is one of the most popular day trips from Sylhet city.

The shrine of the 14th-century Sufi saint Shah Jalal: an original shrine dates to a 1505 CE inscription on site, with the current shrine structure built in 1678 under Farhad Khan. The complex includes the Dargah Gate, four mosques (the Bara Gumbad is the largest), the Chashma well, a tank of sacred gozar fish, and a Langar Khana. Hundreds of devotees visit daily; the tomb chamber admits men only, with a dedicated women's section in the plaza. The annual Urs festival falls around 15 March.

A border tourist spot at the foot of India's Khasi-Jaintia hills, on the Piain river in Gowainghat, Sylhet. Known for the river descending from the hills and the stone-collection scenes.

Bangladesh's only freshwater swamp forest, on the banks of the Goain river in Fatehpur union. In the wet (monsoon) season the water rises to the tops of the koroch trees and the forest is explored by boat.

A scenic white-stone quarry area along the Dhalai river in border-area Bholaganj, Companiganj upazila, which rapidly became a tourist spot in recent years. However, The Daily Star reported that the 15-acre tourist site was stripped bare within a year by large-scale stone extraction that spread after August 2024; there have also been reports of temporary closure and reopening. Verify the site's current condition and accessibility before travelling.

A Mughal-era open Eid prayer ground built in the 17th century under faujdar Farhad Khan, on a hill during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. It is laid out like a grand Mughal fort, with three gates, 15 domes and half-domed minars along its walls. It hosts the city's largest Eid congregations and can be visited as a historic monument the rest of the year.