padma river is a major river in bangladesh. it is the main distributary of the ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the meghna river near the bay of bengal. the city of rajshahi is on the banks of the river. the padma river enters bangladesh from india near a place named chapai nababganj and meets the jamuna river near a place aricha and gets its name padma again, but finally meets with the meghna near chandpur and adopts the name "meghna" before flowing into the bay of bengal. it is the "national river of bangladesh".