Embassy of the United States, Dhaka

The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to Bangladesh is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Bangladesh, equivalent to an embassy. It is located at U.N. Road 2, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop George Kocherry, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 6 July 2013. The Apostolic Nunciature to Bangladesh is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh, with the rank of ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Pope (as head of state of Vatican City) to the President of Bangladesh, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Bangladesh and the Pope (as head of the church). The Holy See established the Apostolic Nunciature to Bangladesh on 2 March 1973.

Madani Avenue is an urban road situated in Dhaka. Its name came from G.A. Madani, who was chairman of Dhaka Improvement Trust in Pakistan period (currently RAJUK). The road starts from US Embassy in Baridhara is 100 feet wide. Its length is 7 kilometers.A kart racing platform named Go Kart, United City, Chef's Table Courtside and United International University are situated in Madani Avenue.The road widening project was undertaken on September 25, 2016. Under this project the road will be made six lanes and will be extended up to Balu River. In future, people can gain entry from Madani Avenue to Dhaka-Chittagong highway through Purbachal. Future planned MRT Line 5 of Dhaka Metro Rail will have at least a station in Madani Avenue.

The University of Information Technology & Sciences (Bengali: ইউনিভার্সিটি অব ইনফরমেশন টেকনোলজি অ্যান্ড সায়েন্সেস) commonly known as UITS is a private university in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the first IT based private university in Bangladesh.

The High Commission of the United Kingdom in Dhaka is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Bangladesh. It is located on United Nations Road in the Baridhara suburb. The current High Commissioner is Robert Chatterton Dickson who was appointed in March 2019.

The Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka is Sweden's diplomatic mission in Bangladesh. It is located in the Gulshan area of Dhaka. Along with Swedish visas, the embassy represents Schengen visas for Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia.

The Embassy of Japan in Dhaka (Bengali: জাপানের দূতাবাস, ঢাকা) is the diplomatic mission of Japan in Bangladesh. Naoki Ito is the current ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh who was appointed on October in 2019.

The American International School Dhaka (AISD) is an independent co-educational day school located in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh, serving students of all nationalities in pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Sydney International School (SIS) is an international school located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for 3-16 year old pupils. It was founded in 2012, and offers the Australian Curriculum for primary years and the Cambridge Curriculum for secondary years. Lessons are taught in English.

Manarat Dhaka International School & College (MDIC) (from the word منارة manа̄rat "beacon") is a trust-owned school in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers British Curriculum from play-group to advanced level, offering GCE O-Level and GCE A-Level examinations, held under the University of Cambridge. Manarat emphasizes moral teachings and etiquette more than textbook knowledge. Manarat encourages its students to learn Arabic from a very young age (upto grade 6). It also stresses Islamic teachings and inspires students to strengthen their iman.The current principal of the school is Brig. Gen (Retd) Md Mehdi Hassan Pramanik, psc and the school's vice principals are Ms. Fatima Jemaima Rahman and Mr. Mohammad Farooque. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school was closed and classes & exams were taken through the online platform Zoom between March 2020 and March 2022.

Baridhara (Bengali: বারিধারা) is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and north east of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the city's foreign embassies and high commissions are situated here. There are mainly three areas diplomatic zone mainly in the south-west portion, general residential area in eastern portion and an adjacent DOHS area in north-east portion.

Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed Park, or in short Shahabuddin Park (Bengali: শাহাবুদ্দিন পার্ক), is a park located in the Gulshan 2 area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2008 the lake was named Shahabuddin Ahmed lake, around which the park was founded in 2020 on a 9.45 acres (3.82 ha) of land. The park was named Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed Park after the former chief justice and president of Bangladesh, Shahabuddin Ahmed. The park houses a small gym, a bookstore, a prayer room and a cafe. The park was a part of the Green Dhaka campeign, in which the main pond was cleaned and various trees were planted; this renovation cost €500,000–2,000,000.

Gulshan (Bengali: গুলশান) is a thana situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is an affluent residential and business neighbourhood and is now home to a number of the city's restaurants, shopping centres, schools, members' clubs and hosts the majority of embassies and high commissions to Bangladesh.