Can a female go running in Bangladesh? As a western female backpacker what can I wear in Bangladesh?
I’m from Bangladesh and I go for morning walk occasionally in and around our Parliament building as well as Chandrima Park and mini-forest adjacent to the Gono-Bhaban. There are many girls and women doing morning walk, but you would seldom find them running as such, may be a few exceptions are there. As long as you can get sweating from speed-walk, why bother running and draw onlookers gaze, those are not considered as bad-manner as such, since people are not trained here much on manners and etiquettes. If you are ‘foreigner’ then you would find many female buddies doing morning walk in and around Gulshan and Banani and such posh areas without much discomfort or inconveniences. However, take advise from the expatriates who are living here for a long time and they can better let you know finer points to observe. I’m not dwelling much on the dress-code for jogging since this has been adequately addressed by others here. PS. If you would like to venture outside Dhaka or Chittagong cities
