Named after British district collector Nisbet, who supported the craft from 1830, shatranji weaving spread across Rangpur district and was declared a Geographical Indication (GI) product in 2021; today roughly 50,000 people, 95% of them women, are involved in its production.
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A 200-plus-year-old British-era indigo processing factory building that gave Nilphamari its name.
One of Bangladesh's oldest reservoirs, with a legendary origin story and an old temple on its bank.
A memorial beside the Tangon River honoring Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.