Dhaleswari River, river of central Bangladesh. The Dhaleswari is an arm of the Jamuna River (the main course of the Brahmaputra River), which it leaves south-southwest of Tangail. It then meanders in a southeasterly direction for about 100 miles (160 km) through a heavily cultivated jute and rice area west and south of Dhaka to join the Meghna River near Narayanganj.
major river of Central and South Asia. It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges (Ganga) River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal.