Grand Palace Hotel Rangpur

Rooms here run air-conditioned and quiet, each fitted with a flat-screen television and Wi-Fi, a small comfort against the noise of the business district outside. Grand Palace Rangpur sits on G L Roy Road, in the commercial centre of Rangpur, and counts five room categories from Deluxe Twin up to the Grand Suite. Dining splits across two kitchens. Nirala, on the top floor, opens to a sky terrace with grilled meats, kebabs and seafood under open air, one side facing a garden and the other the city itself. Dhorla, on the first floor, serves an all-day menu of Bengali, Indian, Thai and Chinese dishes. A Bakery and Pastry Café sits off the lobby, turning out cakes, sandwiches and pizza alongside the coffee. Rangeela Bar operates on the roof, styled for evening drinks in the open air. Elsewhere, a gymnasium and a beauty salon round out the leisure side, and a banquet and conference hall handles weddings, meetings and the like. Staff speak Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese and Swahili, useful in a hotel that draws both local business travellers and visitors from further afield. It is a compact stay, built around five rooms of business rather than scale, and the central address means most of Rangpur is a short walk or a shorter drive away.