Sydney International School

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.

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.

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 the United States of America in Dhaka is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Bangladesh. It is located in Baridhara. The embassy has 400 staff led by the US Ambassador to Bangladesh.

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 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.

InfoLink Limited is a nationwide Bangladeshi internet service provider (ISP), tracking service provider, call center, IPTV service provider and IT solution company working in the field of broadband internet, connectivity, software development, data center service and networking solutions. It was the first company in Bangladesh to commercially deploy Bangladeshi-assembled kiosks, and it was the first company in Bangladesh to commercially deploy IPv6. It also does many social activities.on 24 May 2017 Infolink Limited Successfully started commercial IPv6 beta deployment to end-users for the first time in Bangladesh.

On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana. The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages (foreigners and locals). In the immediate response, while Dhaka Metropolitan Police tried to regain control of the bakery, two police officers were shot dead by the assailants.29 people were killed, including 20 hostages (17 foreigners and 3 locals), two police officers, five gunmen, and two bakery staff. As the police were unsuccessful in breaching the bakery and securing the hostages, they set up a perimeter along with the Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guards Bangladesh. Very early on 2 July (around 03:00), it was decided that the Bangladesh Armed Forces would launch a counter assault named Operation Thunderbolt. The assault was led by the 1st Para-commando Battalion, an elite force in the Bangladesh Army, and began their raid at 07:40. According to Bangladesh's Inspector General of Police, all of the attackers were Bangladeshi citizens. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the incident and released photographs of the gunmen, but the home minister of Bangladesh, Asaduzzaman Khan, stated that the perpetrators belonged to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen and were not affiliated with ISIL. The incident was the worst terrorist attack in Bangladesh's history. The local media described it as 7/16.

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.

United Hospital Limited (Bengali: ইউনাইটেড হাসপাতাল লিমিটেড) is a private hospital in Gulshan Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Faizur Rahman is the Managing Director and CEO of the hospital. United Hospital Limited along with Evercare Hospital Dhaka and Square Hospital are considered high end private hospitals.

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.