Getting There
By Air: Because Bangladesh doesn’t receive a lot of air traffic,
the country lacks competition among major carriers. As a result, the
connections that do exist tend to be rather expensive due to a lack of
critical mass and only one discount airline flies to Bangladesh. While
this may change with the entrance of several new local airlines, it may
be a few years yet before the connections and their prices improve.
Major hubs servicing Dhaka include Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,
Bangkok, Kolkata, Delhi, and Kathmandu. Further afield, Middle East
connections via Dubai, Doha and Bahrain are good.
By Land:
Bus service via Kolkata is the most common overland route into Dhaka.
If you’re coming from one of the other areas of the country there are
regular express busses to Dhaka from every corner of the country. You
can often get tickets for under US$10 dollars for an air-conditioned
bus for all the major cities.
By Train: When the new
Maitree Express service (Kolkata–Dhaka) began on 14 April 2008 (Bengali
New Year), there was a great deal of fanfare – travellers could now
travel from London to Dhaka entirely by train if they so chose.
However, complaints of extreme delays at the border crossing means that
the service isn’t selling well, but will likely remain in service.
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