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Airport Road[edit]

Further information: Airport Road, Dhaka
banani area of airport road

Airport Road, also known as Tongi Diversion Road, a part of the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway (N3), is an 8-lane major artery road in Dhaka, that connects Dhaka city, with the Shahjalal International Airport.[1] It is also the main artery that connects Dhaka with the northern suburb of Uttara and the only road that connects Dhaka with northern Districts of Bangladesh and vice versa.[2] Traffic is fairly smooth throughout the road, due to flyovers and interchanges.[3]

Bailey Road[edit]

Further information: Bailey Road

Bailey road is a well-known thoroughfare in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is a classic road in Dhaka. It runs through Shantinagar, connecting the Kakrail-Ramna road with the Siddheshwari junction. It is generally regarded as one of the classier areas of the city. The bailey road is considered as two distinct roads, one after another, they are the new baily road and the Baily road. The new Baily road is well recognised for its famous theatres, numerous boutiques, shops, schools, fast foods, restaurants and various hangout places. The other Baily road is reputable because of the officers club, Foreign Service academy and homes of ministers, officers and government officials. Bailey Road was featured in a song of the same name by Ayub Bachchu, lead singer of the popular rock band LRB. Bailey Road was officially renamed Natok Soroni (Theater Street), in recognition of the road's contributions to performing arts in the capital.[4]

Bangabandhu Avenue[edit]

Further information: Bangabandhu Avenue

Bangabandhu Avenue is an urban road situated in Gulistan, Dhaka. Its former name is Jinnah Avenue.[5] central office of Bangladesh Awami League is situated in Bangabandhu Avenue.[6] The Dhaka grenade attack of 2004 happened in Bangabandhu Avenue.[7]

B.K. Dash Road[edit]

Further information: B. K. Dash Road

B.K. Dash Road is in the southern side of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Adjacent to the Buriganga River. It lies on the 79th ward of Farashganj. The street obtained its name in the honor of a renowned businessman, Bashanto Kumar Dash in the year 1927.

Indira Road[edit]

Further information: Indira Road

Indira Road is the name of a road adjoining the Farmgate area of Dhaka city.[8] Indira Road is a road very familiar to the people of Dhaka. The road is under Dhaka North City Corporation and Tejgaon Thana.[9][10] Tejgaon College is situated in the road.[11] The government's Indira Road-Panthapath link road project is underway.[12]

Jashimuddin Avenue[edit]

Main article: Jashimuddin Avenue

Jashimuddin Avenue[note 1] is a road that joins Jashimuddin Square, a bus stop at Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway with Bawnia, neighborhood of Dhaka.[citation needed] It is situated in Uttara, Dhaka.[14] This road passes between Sectors 1 and 3[15] then continues towards Bawnia Bazar in the west.[16] Bangladeshi department store chain named Aarong has a flagship store at Jashimuddin Avenue.[17] There are two road parking services, adjacent to Jashimuddin Avenue.[15]

Madani Avenue[edit]

Further information: Madani Avenue

Madani Avenue is an urban road situated in Dhaka. The road was named after G. A. Madani, former chairman of the Dhaka Improvement Trust.[18] The road starts from US Embassy in Baridhara is 100 feet wide.[19] Its length is 7 kilometers.[20] Bangladesh's second kart racing platform Go Kart, United City, Chef's Table Courtside and United International University is situated in Madani Avenue.[21][22]

Mirpur Road[edit]

Further information: Mirpur Road
Mirpur Road, north-western view from Sobhanbag foot overbridge.

Mirpur Road is a long north–south road connecting the northern part of Mirpur and Dhaka University campus. This is one of the major roads in Dhaka. Mirpur road runs through Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi. the main intersections of Mirpur road include Asad Avenue-Mirpur road, Darus-salam road-Mirpur road, Elephant road-Mirpur road, Panthapath crossing, Ring road crossing etc. The road is one of the busiest roads of Dhaka city. Numerous Buildings and skyscrapers are situated on this road.

Nawabpur Road[edit]

Further information: Nawabpur Road

Nawabpur Road is a road in Old Dhaka City, Bangladesh, and is associated with the Shankhari and Gulistan bazaars. It is a busy road often jammed with rickshaws, human drawn carts, and foot traffic.[23] The largest known market for spare parts in Bangladesh is situated in Nawabpur.[24] There are numerous businesses, including low-cost hotels.[25] Victoria Park, a very ancient and historical site under the name of Andaghar Maidan, is situated at the end of Nawabpur Road.[26]

It specially was a Hindu based area, which is shown by the two Hindu temples, named Radha Shyam Mandir and Laxmi Narayan Mandir, that are situated on the road.[27]

New Elephant Road[edit]

Main article: New Elephant Road
New Elephant Road, Dhaka

New Elephant Road is a business hub of Dhaka city. It is especially well known for its shops selling carpets, floor coverings, computers, computer accessories, shoes, ceramics, garments, show pieces, watches, and food. It was previously known as Laboratory Road.[28][29] It connects Science Laboratory and Shahbagh.

Panthapath[edit]

Main article: Panthapath
panthapath from the top

Pantapath is an important east west road in Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh.[30][31][32][33][34][35] It connects Tongi Diversion road, Mymenshing Road (now Old Airport Road) and Mirpur Road. It is home to one of South Asia's largest shopping centers, Bashundhara City. Other landmarks are Square Hospital, Samorita Hospital, Unique Trade Center, etc. Green Road intersects this road at about middle from north to south. There was originally a canal connecting Hatirjeel-Begunbari with Dhanmondi Lake. But in late 1980, this east–west road was constructed. The construction of the road completed in 1995. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC) and Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon are also located on the eastern section of this road. There are two mosques in Pantapath.

Purbachal Expressway[edit]

Further information: Purbachal Expressway

Purbachal Expressway is a 12.5-kilometre-long (7.8 mi), eight-lane-wide avenue expressway in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[36] This expressway connects Purbachal to eastern Dhaka.

Rishikesh Das Road[edit]

Hrishikesh Das Road

Hrishikesh Das Road is a traditional street situated in Sutrapur, Dhaka.[37] It is also known as Hrishikesh Das Lane.[38] Its length is 1 km. This is one of the main routes to Sutrapur.[39] There are several old and traditional structures along the road.

Hrishikesh Das was a wealthy banker and businessman of the nineteenth century. He produced bricks, surki and traded lime, wood and coal. He was also a zamindar.[40] He paid for the cost of electric lighting from Municipal Street to Narinda pool. That is why this part of Walter Road is named as Hrishikesh Das Road.[41][42]

Hrishikesh Das Road is the place of heritage buildings and it was declared as heritage sites for their historic, aesthetic, scientific and social importance through a gazette published by RAJUK on February 12, 2009.[43]

On both sides of Hrishikesh Das Road, there are numerous structures of British period which are more than one hundred years old. These houses have semicircular arches, stained glass windows, herpet-designed parapets, and beautiful porches with metal or wooden pillars. The complete beauty of these buildings cannot be realized from the outside. Many homes have open courtyards that can only be seen through a narrow entrance.

According to the elders, the Murapara zamindar family also has a house here. Many zamindars, whose zamindari was outside Dhaka, also built houses here. From this, the historical significance of this area can be understood.

There are two old temples named Sriyut Madan Gopal Jiu Vigraha Thakur Temple and Sri Sri Sitanath Jiu Vigraha Temple. However, due to lack of conservation, they are losing their architectural beauty.[37]

The Hayat Bepari Mosque, established in 1664, is located on this street. Hayat Bepari, the builder of Narinda Pool, established the mosque. At present the original form of the mosque is no more. It looks like Binat Bibi Mosque of Narinda and had only one dome.[44]

In 2018, it was decided to demolish a historic house on Hrishikesh Das Road, but it was later stayed by a High Court order.[45]

Sat Masjid Road[edit]

Main article: Sat Masjid Road
Sat Masjid Road barricaded during the Bangladesh Rifles revolt incident

Sat Masjid Road or Shat Moshjid Road is a long road in the western part of Dhaka connecting Mohammadpur and Mirpur Road near Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), commonly known simply as "Science Laboratory". The road runs through Dhanmondi and passes by the Pilkhana headquarters of the former Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh). It was named after the Sat Gambuj Mosque, colloquially called Sat Masjid (or Shat Moshjid),[46] one of the aesthetic Mughal-era mosques of Bangladesh located near the Mohammadpur end. It is one of the major roads of Dhanmondi thana and prominent for housing many banks, restaurants, universities and colleges, apartment blocks, offices and other institutions.

Sonargaon Janapath[edit]

Main article: Sonargaon Janapath Road

Sonargaon Janapath is a road that joins House Building with Ashulia embankment[47] situated in Uttara, Dhaka.[48] It is a four-lane road.[49]

This road passes between Sectors 8, 9, 11, 13 and 12[note 2] and merges with Mirpur Road in the west.[citation needed]

In 2019, the Dhaka North City Corporation authority conducted an official eviction drive on Sonargaon Janpath Road in Uttara.[52]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ It is called Jashimuddin Road also.[13]
  2. ^ Although this two references are contradictory with each other but if one use google map with references then they will able to get a clear idea about location of the road.[50][51]

BRTC AC Bus Narayanganj[edit]

Dhaka–Narayanganj AC Bus
Founded9 August 2011 (2011-08-09)
Service areaGreater Dhaka
Routes
DestinationsDhaka, Narayanganj
OperatorBangladesh Road Transport Corporation

The Dhaka–Narayanganj AC Bus is a inter-city bus service connecting Dhaka and Narayanganj. The service is operated by the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and was launched in 2011.

Before 2005 there was a bus transport service between Dhaka and Narayanganj which was closed later. Two organizations namely Citizen Committee and Jatri Adhikar Forum have been agitating for a long time demanding the re-operation of the bus.[53] On 22 June 2011, after the citizen committee met the chairman of BRTC, vice-chairman of the civic committee claimed that BRTC had promised to start bus transport services on the promised route.[54] Buses were brought to the central depot of Narayanganj on 12 July to start the bus service. Then on 9 August 2011, this bus transport service was inaugurated.[53] In 2017, another bus service called Shitol Paribahan of politician Shamim Osman was launched on the same route and the bus service stopped.[55] On 22 May 2019, this bus transport service was restarted in Gulistan in the presence of Obaidul Quader, Road Transport and Bridges Minister.[56] A few days after the resumption of the service, there were complaints that some transport workers were obstructing the installation of ticket sales counters of BRTC buses in Narayanganj.[57] In 2021, all bus services in Narayanganj were stopped due to the strike called by transport workers to protest against the increase in fuel prices, but BRTC AC buses to Dhaka were running. As a result, the autorickshaws there could not establish a monopoly of higher fares.[58] Due to the increase in fuel prices, the authority increased the ticket price to ৳40, which was reduced to ৳38 in view of the demands of the passengers.[59]

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  4. ^ "Bailey Road renamed Natok Saroni". The Daily Star. bdnews. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2006.
  5. ^ Rahman, Mahmud (6 April 2017). "A mythical place called Bangla Motors". Dhaka Tribune.
  6. ^ Fazlur Rahman Raju (21 June 2018). "Awami League's new central office to open on June 23". Dhaka Tribune.
  7. ^ "Witness Account: When all hell broke loose". The Daily Star. 19 August 2015.
  8. ^ Chiran, Mathews (21 September 2019). "INDIRA ROAD: Brisk business on footpath". The Daily Star.
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  10. ^ "ইন্দিরা রোড থেকে ছুরিকাঘাতে নিহত ব্যক্তির লাশ উদ্ধার". Bangla News 24 (in Bengali). 9 September 2012.
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  12. ^ "দুই যুগেও হয়নি পান্থপথ-ইন্দিরা রোড সংযোগ সড়ক". Dhaka Times. 2 December 2016.
  13. ^ "উত্তরায় গার্মেন্টস শ্রমিকদের সড়ক অবরোধ, ভোগান্তি চরমে" [Road blockade of garment workers in Uttara, suffering is extreme]. Dhaka Times (in Bengali). 30 August 2018.
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  15. ^ a b "রাজধানীতে চালু হলো সড়কে পার্কিং–ব্যবস্থা" [Road parking system has been introduced in the capital]. Magpie News (in Bengali). 20 December 2017.
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  47. ^ "উত্তরার সোনারগাঁও জনপথের ওপরেই বর্জ্য স্থানান্তর" [Waste transfer on Uttara Sonargaon highway]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 April 2016.
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  50. ^ "নামেই উত্তরা মডেল টাউন" [Uttara Model Town by name]. Samakal (in Bengali). 23 March 2015.
  51. ^ "কোটি টাকা আয়, উত্তরায় ফুটপাত বাণিজ্য" [Income of crores of takas, footpath trade in Uttara]. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 5 January 2022.
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