Bangladesh Secretariat

The 2024 Bangladesh Ansar protest was a protest for reforms on 25 August 2024, near the Bangladesh Secretariat by some members of the Bangladesh Ansar, a paramilitary force tasked with providing security to government installations and aiding law enforcement in Bangladesh.

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ বিভাগ) is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources responsible for managing hydrocarbon mining and processing in Bangladesh. Khairuzzaman Mozumder is the secretary in charge of the division.

Bangladesh Secretariat (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সচিবালয়, romanised: Bangladesh Shochibaloy) is an elevated metro station of Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6. This station is located in the area of Segunbagicha, near Bangladesh Secretariat, Press Club and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The station began its operation on 5 November 2023.

Dhaka-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Rashed Khan Menon of the Workers Party of Bangladesh.

Noor Hossain Square, commonly known as Zero Point, is a square situated in Gulistan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The Postal Museum is a museum specialising in philately, located in the General Post Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.The Postal Museum was inaugurated in 1985 but it was not so popular.

Chummery House is a historical colonial house in Dhaka, Bangladesh and the present office of Centre for Integrated Rural Development of Asia and the Pacific.

The Liberation War Museum (Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জাদুঘর Muktijuddho Jadughôr) is a museum at Agargaon in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, which commemorates the Bangladesh Liberation War that led to the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.

Bangabandhu Avenue (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু এভিনিউ) is an urban road situated in Gulistan, Dhaka. Its former name is Jinnah Avenue. central office of Bangladesh Awami League is situated in Bangabandhu Avenue. The Dhaka grenade attack of 2004 happened in Bangabandhu Avenue.

Baitul Mukarram, also spelled as Baytul Mukarrom (Arabic: بيت المكرّم; Bengali: বায়তুল মোকাররম; The Holy House) is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was completed in 1968. It has a capacity of 42,000+.

Gulistan is a very busy street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It means 'Flower Garden' in Persian, which lead to the speculation that in medieval times there might be prominent flower gardens. Several important streets are connected to Gulistan which makes it busy and crowded. The street is full of roadside shops. Thousands of people visit this place for their daily needs. The road is always occupied with traffic and passersby. One of the oldest transports of Dhaka City ‘Tom Tom’ can be seen in this street. There is a shrine right at the middle of the road. It is called “Golap Shah’s Shrine”. Thousands of people show their devotion to this shrine everyday and make donations so that their desire can be fulfilled.There is one major bus stand situated in Gulistan, called the Gulistan (Fulbaria) Bus Station. Most of the buses here are public and the number of buses is very few according to the number of passengers. People often get on top of the bus as there are no longer spaces inside the bus. Some people can be seen hanging at the doorways. Banga (or Bango) Bazar is the prime shopping place here. New and fashionable clothes can be found here with reasonable price. There are hundreds of shops inside the place. The narrow pathways make it hard to roam inside the vicinity. The place is so congested and hot that it is hard to stay long time inside the complex. There used to be a Cinema complex (‘Gulistan Cinema Hall’) here which was one of the oldest architectural monuments. Even though the design was not eye catching and the structure was bizarre, it was one of the modern buildings in Dhaka city.The 11-km-long Gulistan–Jatrabari Flyover was opened in October 2013 to ease traffic jams and reduce travel time from the usual one hour to just five minutes. Osmani Uddyan park, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka GPO, Bangabandhu National Stadium, Baitul Mukarram and many other important infrastructures are very close to this street.

Shrine of Gulab Shah is an Islamic shrine situated at Shahid Nazrul Islam Avenue, Gulistan, Dhaka. It is under the management of Dhaka South City Corporation. The shrine has two tombs which is accessible from the north. The tombs are said to be Gulab Shah and his brother's graves. It's former name is "Neemgachwala Mazar". The shrine had a temporary mosque which was moved near the Osmani Park in the 1980s. Its origin is unknown. according to legends, the shrine has the tomb of Gulab Shah was a spiritual leader came to British India from Yemen or Iraq in 19th century. However, the historians says that the there was a grave of unknown people and later people started to visit it believing that it was belongs to a spiritual leader. A person named Gulab Shah used to looked after the grave and after his death he was buried beside the grave. Later people started to call it as the shrine of Gulab Shah. The shrine is popular to newlyweds who believes that visiting the shrine would bring positivity to their life. Mehfil is held annually here in Sha'ban 19. In 2013, Dhaka South City Corporation started to extend the shrine which resulted negative reactions as the shrine's background is unknown and questionable. As of 2023, it gets around ৳0.9 million every month from followers of Gulab Shah. It is alleged that local political leaders get money from donations collected at the shrine.