Dinajpur

Dinajpur is a city in the north-west of Bangladesh and the district headquarters of Dinajpur district, in Rangpur Division. It lies on the eastern bank of the Punarbhaba River, about 413 kilometres north-west of Dhaka, and covers roughly 20.7 square kilometres. The city was founded in 1786, and the 2022 census recorded a population of 212,288 in the Dinajpur municipality, making it one of the larger cities of Bangladesh. Its climate is humid subtropical, with hot, humid summers dominated by the monsoon and mild, dry winters. The town has drawn several government funded educational institutions in recent decades, among them Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, which stands about 13 kilometres to the north.