List of streets in Dhaka explained

This is a list of streets in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A

Street	Location/Route	Notes
Artist Quamrul Hassan Road
Atish Dipankar Road	Located west of Mugdapara and east of Kamalapur railway station.	Previously called Peripheral Road (""). Named after Atiśa, whose ashes reside in Kamalapur Dharmarajika Bauddha Vihara, located on the east side this road.
Abdul Gani Road

B

Street	Route	Notes
B. K. Dash Road
Bailey Road	East of Ramna Park to Shantinagar Road intersection	Divided into Bailey Road and New Bailey Road. Officially renamed Natok Avenue in 2005.
Bangabandhu Avenue		Named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1972.
		Named because Victory Day parades can be heard north of this road
Bir Uttam Rafiqul Islam Avenue^[1]		Named after Bir Uttam Rafiqul Islam
Bir Uttam Ziaur Rahman Road		Named After Bir Uttam Major Ziaur Rahman

D

Street	Route/Location	Notes
	Motijeel	Named after former Dhaka Improvement Trust, which persists despite later being renamed RAJUK Street.
^[2]	Rampura

G

Street	Route/Location	Landmarks	Notes
	Dhanmondi
	Main Road of Gulshan
	Uttara
	Uttara

H

Street	Route/Location	Landmarks	Notes
	Ramna Thana	Official residence of the Chief Justice, state guest houses, Ramna Park.^[4]	Named after Lancelot Hare, the second Lieutenant Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
	Hatirjeel Thana

I

Street	Route	Notes
Indira Road
		Built as part of a neighborhood for the rehabilitation of Muhajirs during Pakistani rule. Named after the poet Muhammad Iqbal.

K

Street	Route	Notes
Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue^[5]
Katabon Road

L

Street	Route	Notes
Love Road, Mirpur
Love Road, Tejgaon

M

Street	Route/Location	Notes
Madani Avenue	Major road of Baridhara in Dhaka.	Named after DIT (now Rajuk) Chairman G. M. Madani.
Minto Road	Major road of Ramna Area in Dhaka.	Named after Viceroy of India Lord Minto.
Manik Mia Avenue	The south avenue of Bangladesh national parliament house Complex in Sher E Bangla Nagar in Dhaka.	Named after Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah
Maulana Bhasani Road		Named after Maulana Bhasani

N

Street	Route	Notes
Nawabpur Road
New Elephant road
Nilkhet road

P

Street	Route	Notes
^[6]
		Named in 1916 after Pyarilal Das, who served as the municipal chairman.

S

Street	Route	Notes
		Links the National Parliament building.
		Named after Dhaka's Divisional Commissioner in the 1870s.

T

Street	Location	Notes
Topkhana Road	Segunbagicha
	Motijeel
	Old Dhaka
	Mohammadpur

W

Street	Route/Location	Notes
^[8]	Rampura
		Named by the municipality in 1878, coinciding with the inauguration of Dhaka Water Works alongside it.

Bibliography

• Book: Encyclopedia of Dhaka . . 978-984-512-019-7 . Ahmed . Sharifuddin . Dhaka . June 2012 . bn . bn:ঢাকা কোষ . Hasan . Delwar . Majlish . Najma Khan . Rabbani . AKM Golam . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18 June 2021 . Unbearable traffic jam in Dhaka . 2024-05-15 . . en.
2. Web site: Ali . Tawfique . 2012-04-22 . Public woes compounded . 2024-05-15 . The Daily Star . en.
3. Web site: Haider . M. H. . 2017-07-28 . Naming and Renaming Dhaka's Streets . 2024-06-13 . The Daily Star . en.
4. Web site: Chowdhury . Abida Rahman . 2014-02-11 . Dhaka through its streets . 2024-06-13 . The Daily Star . en.
5. Web site: 2015-05-16 . Weekend sees unusual traffic . 2024-05-15 . The Daily Star . en.
6. Web site: 17 June 2015 . Dhaka's Pragati Sarani is a nightmare for commuters . 2024-05-15 . . en.
7. News: Islam . Shariful . 21 December 2021 . Nightmare on Rokeya Sarani: Poor maintenance, construction to blame . 2022-03-06 . The Daily Star.
8. Web site: Power station at Dhaka’s Rampura catches fire . Dhaka Tribune . 24 January 2022 . 1 July 2024.