updated on April 26, 2008

 Tourist Information: Pabna

 
 

Hotels,Restaurants,Guest-Houses :

Prime Guest
Facilities:Residential hotel,Car Parking, Air Conditioned
Address:Abdul Hamid Road,Tel:65701,66901

Hotel Park
Facilities:Residential hotel, Air Conditioned
Address:Abdul Hamid Road,Tel: 64096

Hotel Shilton
Faclities:Newly inaugarated Residential hotel,Car Parking,AC
Address:Abdul Hamid Road,Tel:62006

Shawgatam & Chinese Restaurant
Facilities:Residential hotel,Car Parking, Air Conditioned
Address:Rupkatha Road,Tel:64029,65861

Midnight Moon Chinese Restaurant
A.Hamid Road.Tel:65787

 

White mosquito-curtain is recommended : Get sure that you have in your baggage a mosquito-net or mosquito-repellents with you during the stay in Pabna.

 

Governmental Rest Houses:A total of 16 governmental resthouses are in this district.These are entitled for official/semi official guests which can be used only by them during the government assignments or purposes.

The Pabna Circuit House,Nurpur Rest House:
Tel:65088,65500,64586

 


Currency Exchange:Now-a-days, a large number of Pabnites are  working in the countries of Asia-Pacific region,Europe,US & ME.Money transaction is easy and almost free of beurocratic procedures. Many  banks have opened their foreign currency section.Always carry your passport with you while you exchange your currency.Remember,you can change US$ 5000:- at a time/day.There is no Automatic bank or minibank or ATM yet in Pabna.Thus VISA,Master-card is not yet acceptable in Pabna but soon such cards can be used in butiks  and shopping malls.

 

 



Western Union's Money Transfer facility is available at the National Bank Ltd.Pabna branch.Please note that only reception of foreign curerrency service is available and not the reverse yet

Banking Service

Nearest Holidays & Office Times in Bangladesh


Drinking Water,Food:For a foreign tourist, who has not visited and stayed in Bangladesh in the recent years, the following things are recommended:
Utmost precautions against drinking water,softdrinks,icecreams,juices.
Arsenic contamination has become a menace in several parts of this district,but not in and vicinity of the town. 

Please always make an electro-chemical test of the water
You are going to drink in a new place.

Purified Bottled water is sold in medicine stores can be used for drinking.
Price:about 50 cents for 2 litres.

Fresh fruits like orange,apple,banana,mango,water melon,papaya grapes,dates are sold in plenty throughout the year.Coconut water is recommended for drinking.

All types of tinned or preserved foods must be checked with Bar-codes,mfgdates and expiary dates.

Fuel Stations :About five Fuel stations are situtaed in the town and they are at of the main road.Diesel,Gasoline and Octane are sold. All sorts of fuel are supplid from Baghabari river port Oil-depot. Mobil,lubeoil,automobile spareparts are available.A good number of car sevicing centers furnished with skilled technicians are situated beside the main road. One Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) refuelling  station and conversion unit,on the approach road to Lalan Shah Bridge,will come in service very soon.

Important Telephone Numbers:
Telephone Enquiry:17,Telephone Complain:18
Overseas Trunk-call Booking:152,156

Medical Coverage:
Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College  and Hospital
Grameen Phone Health Line:789


Pabna Police Station:65005,65018,65080,
Police Super:65691,65590,64360,66321
Fax:65654
 
 Fire Service & Ambulance:62222
 
Deputy Commissioner:65499,65488,Fax:66385
dc.pabna@bttb.net.bd
 
General Hospital Emergency & Ambulance:63333,65077
 
Electric Supply:65053,65369
 
Maternity Hospital & Ambulance:65420 
 
Pabna Diabatic Hospital & Ambulance:65052 
 
Sheba Hospital & Ambulance:65150
 
Municipality Ambulance:65260
 
Pabna Eye Hospital(& Ambulance):65246
 
Popular General Hospital:66832
(Emergeny open round the clock,clinical & surgical specialists available)
 
Community Clinic:66692
 
Holy Care:65359(clinical & surgical specialists available)
 
Anjumane Mofidul Islam
(Ambulance within Municipal area):64900,0171-170302
 
 Pabna Press Club:65001,Daily Nirvor:64450
 
 
Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust(BLAST):66450

 

For more inf. about the Telecommunication in Pabna pls. click here.

Doctors: Medicine Specialists and Surgeons are available at the following clinics

Private Clinics
Popular General Hospital
Laproscopy,Plastic surgery
Near Muajhid Club,Tel:66832
Holy Care Hospital
Surgeon,Gastroentologist,
Sonapatti,Tel:65359
Sheba Hospital
Siraj-ud-doullah Rd.
Ichamoti Clinic
Shalgaria
Tel:85722,64492
Modern Diagonastic Home
Paedriatician,Gynokologist,Thorasist,
Gastroentologist 
Dr.Ishak Rd,TeL:65711

Muslim Aid Community Clinic
Laskarpur,
Tel:65615,
Mob:01711-647615
Medipath Diagonastic 
Kheya Ghat Rd,Tel:
Ishurdi Eye Hospital & Phaco Center
Sher Shah Road,Ishurdi
07326-63907,01711-408297
Pain Clinic Pabna Physiotherapy Centre
Shalgaria,Consultant:Dr.A.D.Wright
 
Friday Free Clinic
Shalgaria(Anjumaane-Mohfidul) 
 
   

Live saving medicine availability:Medcine stores/Apoteks furnished with qualified Physicians can be found in all parts of the town.

City Medical Hall, has the good reputation for selling medicine since 1960, Here You can get almost all sorts of medicines,Oxygen mask(with cylinder),asthma inhaler,blood glucose counting machine etc.,is open on every day(8am-10pm),except on just prayer time(between 12pm-3pm) on Friday.Open  even on religious festivals like Eid,Puja etc. and on Hartal-days.

City Medical Hall Tel:65842

Medcine stores in front of the Pabna General Hospital are open till 2am(that is 2 o'clock at night),there you can also get live saving medicine.

Dentist:Dental clinic of good standard established in Pabna by a benovalent dentist.

Dentist:Dr. Monwarul Aziz.
Clinic name & Location:Modern Dental Clinic,Gopalpur(just behind Pabna Zilla School)
Tel:65858

Photography/studios and film availability:Color and B&W photo films(for 35mm camera,which is commonly used) are available in all small and large film studios. Among them are Agfa,Fuji,Konica,Kodak,River can be named.

Fuji & Konica have their own color photo processing lab in the town. It takes around one hour for film development and several hours for printing.

Rent-a-car Service:24 hours service available.In front of Annada Plaza,near the city centre.

Rickshaw is the most environment friendly and cheapest transport medium for upto 10-12 km tour.The cost of hiring a rickshaw is about BDT20/hour.


Vaccinations:All the western tourists are reccomended to have prophylaxis against Hepatitis,Malaria,Cholera before they come to Pabna.Please follow the recommendations of WHO or Health Services of Bangladesh Government.

Mosques:Almost every locality has its own mosque.The Oldest Mosque at Bharara(about15 km SE of the town)is recommended for Friday prayer.If the weather is good,just take a rickshaw(fair about 1USD) and visit the mosque.It's well maintained and managed.
Here is Namaz time schedule

Hindu Temples:Bhanga kalibari,Joy Kalibari,Bhadra Kalibari

Churches:Sunday prayer is arranged by the local Baptist Church(established by the australian missionaries,1931).

 


 

 

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