updated on July 10, 2009

 Tourist Information: Pabna

 
 

Hotels,Restaurants,Guest-Houses :

Prime Guest
Facilities: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:Car Parking,AC
Address:Abdul Hamid Road,Tel:62006,01712-433 249
 
   
Shawgatam & Chinese Restaurant
Facilities:Residential hotel,Air Conditioned
Address:Rupkatha Road,Tel:64029,65861
Midnight Moon Chinese Restaurant
Facilities:Residential hotel,Car Parking, Air Conditioned
A.Hamid Road.Tel:65787
   

Government 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

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.


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.Mutual Trust Bank will launch the first  Automatic bank or minibank or ATM in Pabna very soon.Thus VISA,Master-card will  be acceptable in  butiks  and shopping malls.

 

Banking Service:.Major bangladeshi public and private banks have their branches in Pabna town as well as in 9 thanas.All Bank provides the facility for bying and selling of EURO,USD & GBP at their main branch at Pabna town.Visa,master and other major credit and debit cards  can be used at ATM  booths but not yet at butiks.

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. Vaccines like Hepatitis,DPT,BCG,rabbies are available in almost every medicine stores.

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 supplied 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. At present,there is only one  Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) refuelling  staion and conversion unit,at Maligacha beside  Pabna by-pass road.

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 Medical College has been  inaugarated and  its Hospital will be inaugarated  soon

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

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

Private Clinics & Diagonastic Centres
Popular General Hospital
Laproscopy,Plastic surgery
Near Muajhid Club,
Tel:66832,62205,01711-302 435
Ichamoti Clinic
Shalgaria
Tel:65772,64492,01711-373 722
Pabna Diagonastic Centre & Hospital,
Furnished with a good number of consultants & equipments.
Shalgaria Tel:63032
Holy Care Hospital
Surgeon,Gastroentologist,
Sonapatti,Tel:65359
Modern Diagonastic Home
Paedriatician,Gynokologist,Thorasist,
Gastroentologist 
Dr.Ishak Rd,TeL:65711
Muslim Aid Community Clinic
Laskarpur,
Tel:65615,01711-647615
Pabna Diabetic Hospital
situated at Gachpara by pass,recently finished.
Tel:65052
Ishurdi Eye Hospital & Phaco Center
Sher Shah Road,Ishurdi
Tel:63907,01711-408297
Pabna Shasthaseba Hospital
Maligacha Bypass
 

Live saving medicine: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-2pm) 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. Now-a-days photos taken by digital camera,web camera or mobile phone can be printed here at mobile or internet butiks in the town.

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 BDT40-50/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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