Paper lanterns light the river path at dawn. It is a popular walkway for residents of Rajshahi which is considered as Bangladesh's cleanest metropolitan city, and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh-India border.The foundation of the city dates to 1634 and the area hosted a Dutch settlement in the 18th century. The Rajshahi municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1876. Bangladesh.