Bashundhara convention center 3 - panoramio

Bashundhara Residential Area, or simply Bashundhara, () is an upscale residential and semi-business neighbourhood 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. Described as a "city inside a city," the area is the largest private real estate project in

Greater Dhaka Greater Dhaka (''Bengali'': বৃহত্তর ঢাকা) is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expans ...

. It is owned and operated by East West Property Development Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of

Bashundhara Group Bashundhara Group LTD () is a Bangladeshi conglomerate based in Dhaka. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company under the name East West Property Development Ltd (EWPD). It presently owns more than 50 major concerns throughout Bangl ...

History

The project of Bashundhara was started in the 1980s. In 2011, portions of the housing project was declared illegal, In 2014, a cabinet committee changed the Dhaka detailed plan to make the project legal. The project was built on area made from filling low-lying marshland and flood flow zones. The project has sold over 10,000 residential plots as of 2005.

Notable institutions

Corporate offices

* Walton Group, electronics and electrical goods manufacturer. *

Grameenphone Grameenphone LTD, widely abbreviated as ( d/b/a) GP, is a telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. As of December 2023, its subscribers span over 82.20 million. It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom. Where Telen ...

- the headquarters of the company are located in the area. *

headquarters and corporate office are located here. * ''

Bangladesh Pratidin ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. It was founded on 15 March 2010. ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country out of 345 newspapers published from Dhaka and el ...

'' - the highest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. *

T Sports T Sports, also referred to as Titas Sports, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language sports oriented television channel owned by East West Media Group, a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group. It is Bangladesh's first television channel dedicated to sports p ...

* News24

Medical institutions

Evercare Hospital Dhaka Evercare Hospital Dhaka is a multidisciplinary super-specialty tertiary-care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh and part of Evercare Group. It was previously called Apollo Hospital Dhaka. History The hospital is located in Bashundhara Residential Ar ...

* Bashundhara Eye Hospital

Education

Islamic Research Center Bangladesh Islamic Research Center Bangladesh, popularly known as ''Bashundhara Islamic Research Center'', is a higher Islamic research institution situated at Bashundhara, Dhaka. Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman was the principal founder of the instituti ...

Independent University, Bangladesh Independent University, Bangladesh (, more commonly known as IUB) is a private research university in Bangladesh. It is located in Bashundhara of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1993 under the Private University Act, 1992. The university awards ...

(IUB) *

North South University North South University (, also known as NSU) is a Private university, private research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1992 under the Private University Act, 1992 by the then Foundation for Promotion of Education and Resea ...

(NSU) * International School Dhaka. * Playpen (school). * Hurdco International School. *

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Viqarunnisa Noon School & College (), also known as VNSC, is an all-girls secondary school and college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has about 25,000 students at four campuses in the city. It is named after Viqar un Nisa Noon. History The school be ...

* Ebenezer International School * The Aga Khan Academy * Sunnydale School * Reverie School

References

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