Bangladesh, is often called the Land of Rivers and Boats.
Water transportation is an important means of transportation, in the country with a floodplain with more than 700 rivers and numerous oxbow lakes (locally known as haor).
Sadarghat is Old Dhaka is one of the busiest passenger ports. According to the terminal officials 30,000 people use the terminal daily for journey.
Originally built in the mid 19th century. Standing above on the passenger footbridges provides an excellent overview of the hundreds of boats and launches as they arrive and depart from Sadarghat facilitating communication mostly with the southern districts