DRIK

Dhaka


Gallery specialising in photography


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dhaka attractions

1. Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts

0.07 MILES

Bangladesh's home of fine arts, this gallery was established in 200 by the Bengal Foundation, and holds regular exhibitions of art and photography as well…

2. Sat Gumbad Mosque

0.69 MILES

Dating from 1680, Sat Gumbad Mosque is a white-washed onion-dome mosque, and the finest example of the pure Mughal-style mosque in Dhaka.

3. National Assembly Building

0.9 MILES

In 1963 the Pakistanis commissioned Louis Kahn, a world-renowned American architect, to design a regional capitol for East Pakistan. Due to the liberation…

4. Zia Uddyan

1.06 MILES

Park near Bangladesh's National Assembly, home to the lakeside mausoleum of Zia Rahman, former prime minister of the country who was assassinated in 1981.

7. National Museum

1.87 MILES

The excellent National Museum, sprawling over several floors, begins with the geological formation of Bangladesh, whisks you through a rundown of the…

8. Faculty of Fine Art

1.94 MILES

Hosts art exhibitions, housed inside Dhaka University's Institute of Arts and Crafts.