Banani is an upscale residential and commercial neighbourhood and a thana of Dhaka. It hosts five-star hotels, upscale restaurants, luxury apartments, international schools, and the offices of many local and

multinational companies A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation, is a corporate organization that owns and cont ...

. Banani is considered an important

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

, and its commercial landscape is among the most important in Dhaka, coming after the likes of the nearby financial district of Gulshan Avenue, Karwan Bazar, Tejgaon Industrial Area and downtown Motijheel CBD, the nation's largest and most important CBD.

Geography

Banani is located at . It has a lake called Banani Lake. Korail slum is located on the border of Banani. It is a part of Ward No. 19 of DNCC.

History

In November 2016, the

Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka North City Corporation () is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the northern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DNCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who pr ...

demolished the home of former

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Abdul Monem Khan Abdul Monem Khan (28 July 1899 – 13 October 1971) was a Bengali politician of East Pakistan who was the longest-serving governor of East Pakistan from 1962 until 1969. He was assassinated in 1971 at aged 72. Early life and education Khan wa ...

. In 2019, 19 were killed in the

FR Tower fire On 28 March 2019, the FR Tower Fire broke out on the eighth floor of the 22-storey FR Tower in the commercial Banani area of Dhaka, Bangladesh around 1:00 pm BST. The fire claimed 25 lives and more than 70 people were injured. Duronto TV and Ra ...

Population

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...

, the population of Banani was 24,718.

Education

The International University of Scholars University of Scholars or formally known as The International University of Scholars, also known as IUS, is a private university based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2024 This University got approved from UGC to changed it official name from ''The Inte ...

(2015) * Primeasia University (2003) * Banani Bidyaniketan School and College *

South Point School and College South Point School & College (), also known as SPSC, is a private school and Private College, college, founded in 2002, and based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has six branches, located in Baridhara, Malibagh, Mirpur Thana, Mirpur, Banani (town), Ba ...

, Banani Campus * The New School Dhaka

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References

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