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Cuisine Bangladesh is famous for its distinctive culinary tradition, delicious food, snacks, and savories. Rice is the staple food, and is served with a variety of vegetables, fried as well with   curry , thick   lentil   soups, egg, fish and meat preparations of chicken,   mutton , beef,   duck . Bengalis have a sweet tooth. Sweetmeats of Bangladesh are mostly milk based, and consist of several delights including   roshogolla ,   shondesh ,   roshmalai ,   gulab jam ,   Kalo jam , and   chom-chom ,   jilapi and more . Several other sweet preparations are also available. Bengali cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many specialised   spices   and flavours. Bhortas  (lit-"mashed") are a really common type of food used as an additive too rice. there are several types of  Bhortas  such as Ilish bhorta shutki bhorta, begoon bhorta and more Fish is the dominant source of protein, cultivated in ponds an...

Durga Puja Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for Hindus, is celebrated widely across Bangladesh. Thousands of pandals (mandaps) are set up in various villages, towns, and cities. Durga Puja is a grand cultural celebration in the capital city of Dhaka. Major pujas of Dhaka are held in numerous pandals, but the biggest celebration takes place at Dhakeshwari Temple where several thousand devotees and onlookers stream through the premises for four days. Special boat race on Buriganga river is arranged and it attracts a large crowd. A five-day holiday is observed by all educational institutions, while Bijoya Dashami is a public holiday. On Bijoya Dashami, effigies are paraded through the streets of Shankhari Bazaar in Old Dhaka in loud, colorful processions before being immersed into the rivers. Thousands of Muslims take part in the secular part of festivities in celebration of Bengali solidarity and culture. দূর্গা পূজা হিন্দু ধর্মাবলম্বীদের সবচেয়ে বড় ধর্মীয় উৎসব দুর্গা পূজা সা...