Buriganga River was formed by mixing Brahmaputra and Shitalaksha water in a stream. But now it is only Dhaleshwari branch. The river spread across Dhaka and Narayanganj districts. Length of 29 kilometers, average width is 302 meters. Nature of the river is spiral.
Subedar of Bengal Mukarram Khan did work for increasing the beauty of Buriganga. During his regime, which parts of the city were located on the bank of the river, there was illumination every night. A lot of funnel lamps on the river.
In 1800, English Dramatist and Poet Sir Henry Taylor wrote about the fascination of the Buriganga River— ‘when the Buriganga river is full of water in the rainy season, Dhaka looks like Venice’.
Sadarghat:
This is an old river port of Bangladesh. It is located on the banks of Buriganga river. The business area was built around this port; Today’s Dhaka. Historical Ahsan Manzil beside it.
Sadarghat is the waterways communication center between Dhaka city and southern region of the country. Many launches are crowded always. Passenger boats are crossing. Lots of passengers, laborer crowded morning to night- this area is never silent.
There are 45 routes active for shipping vessel from the sadarghat launch terminal. There are more waterways communal links with Dhaka to Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna, Bhola, Jhalokati, Madaripur, Chandpur, Khulna, Hatiya, Bagerhat etc. Many kinds of launch and steamer movement on these routes.
In the early morning, I saw very different scene. Many steersmen spend the night in their boat on the bank of river. Many kinds of vegetables and fish come from the surrounding areas of Dhaka in the very early morning. These are used to bring small boats to Dhaka. Then these are supply to many area of Dhaka city after the arrival in Sadarghat.
I have traveled many times in Buriganga River. I saw the morning there, Sparkle of the sun, Sunset in the evening— that’s a wonderful scene.
 
