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Banani Lake is a lake in
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...
, Bangladesh, bordering Banani, Gulshan,
Mohakhali Mohakhali () is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka city. Mohakhali is bounded by Banani (neighbourhood), Banani in the north, Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana, Tejgoan area in the ...
and Korail.


History

Following the
July 2016 Dhaka attack On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 Bangladesh Standard Time ( UTC+06:00), five terrorists took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana jurisdiction in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The terrorists entered the bakery with c ...
, the government imposed a ban on boats in the lake because of security concerns. The lake has faced encroachment from the Karail area. The lake borders the posh neighborhood of Gulshan and one of the largest slums in Bangladesh, Korail.


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* Lakes in Dhaka {{Dhaka-geo-stub