Sylhet
Sylhet is a metropolitan city in the northeastern region of Bangladesh.
Sylhet is a metropolitan city in the northeastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative centre for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as of 2025, the metro area population of Sylhet is estimated to be 1,033,000, reflecting a 3.4% increase from 2024.
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Worth seeing in and around Sylhet
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 07Sylhet Women's Medical College
Private medical college located in Sylhet, Bangladesh
600 m · Wikipedia - 08
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- 10North East Medical College
Private medical college located in Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet
4 km · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
Tea Gardens, shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal Yamani and Hazrat Shah Farhan (rahmt.), Shahi Eidgah, Chandni Ghat, Ali Amjad's Clock Tower, Keen's Bridge, Shah Jalal Bridge, Osmani Museum, Jaflong, Parjatan, Shah Jala University, Osmani Medical College and Hospital, Sylhet Polytechnic Institute, Theme Parks, etc.
- 01Ali Amjad's Clock
Hadarpar, Goainghat (from Amberkhana Point of Sylhet City to Hadarpar Bazar By CNG Taxi, or any Behicle then By Boat to Bichanakandi).
- 02Shah Jalal Dargah
Resting place of historic Sufi guru who in large part brought Islam to this area, with distinctive blue and white coloration.
- 03Shah Paran Dargah
Tomb and honorary masjid for another historic Islamic Sufi figure of the 14th century.
- 04Museum of Rajas'
Raja-Kunjo, Zinda Bazar (folk museum in Sylhet).
- 05Bichanakandi
Hadarpar, Goainghat (from Amberkhana Point of Sylhet City to Hadarpar Bazar by CNG taxi, or any vehicle then by boat to Bichanakandi).
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Things to do
At day time you can visit all the major attractions. There is no night-life in Sylhet although some bars are available in major hotels and the Station club. Drinking is strictly prohibited in public areas. At evening it is a must see recommendation to visit Chadnighat area where you will enjoy a beautiful view of Surma river, Ali-Amazad clock along with iron made Kean bridge built in 1854.
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Where to eat
The two most well-known restaurants in Sylhet for Bengali food are Panshi and Panchbhai. Both restaurants are located in Jallarpar, Zindabazar. They are both very popular with people of all classes because of their affordable prices and good quality food. In addition to these two restaurants, there are several other restaurants of similar quality in this area.
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Getting to Sylhet
- Airports
- Osmany (ZYL), 7 km · Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (GAU), 137 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 190 km
- Stations
- Sylhet Railway Station, 2 km
- Dhaka → Sylhet199 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · ৳780–1,040
- Chattogram (Chittagong) → Sylhet285 km · quickest by road, 5h 52m · ৳1,190–1,590
- Guwahati → Sylhet143 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · ₹1,480–1,840
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sylhet
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sylhet. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundRickshaw ride could be a good option for short distances.
- Get aroundCNG auto rickshaw widely available in the city to get around.
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