Manik Mia Avenue Explained

Manik Mia Avenue
Namesake:Manik Mia
Type:Avenue
Maint:Dhaka North City Corporation
Length Km:0.95
Country:Bangladesh
Location:Dhaka
Terminus A:Indira Road
Direction A:East
Terminus B:Mirpur Road
Direction B:West

Manik Mia Avenue is a major road in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka that makes the south boundary of Bangladesh National Parliament House Complex and houses the official residences of many members of parliament.[1] [2]

Description

The avenue is a major road at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. This avenue starts from Banglabsndhu Square popularly known as Khamar Bari Roundabout where it meets with Indira Road and Sansad Avenue and ends at Dhanmondi 27 Intersection where it junction with Mirpur Road and Road 27, Dhanmondi R/A .[3]

Before Dhaka City Corporation put dividers on the avenue, political parties used to hold public meetings here because of its wideness.[4]

The avenue is named after Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah editor of The Daily Ittefaq.[5]

Landscape

Notes and References

  1. News: Manik Mia Avenue . 2024-10-19 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. News: 2024-08-01 . Barred from Manik Mia Avenue, visual artistes stage protest at Farmgate in rain . 2024-10-19 . Prothom Alo . en.
  3. News: 2020-12-27 . DNCC evict illegal shops from Manik Mia Avenue bicycle lane . 2024-10-19 . The Business Standard . en.
  4. Book: Hasan, Delwar. মানিক মিয়া এভিন্যু. Manik Mia Avenue. bn. 328. Encyclopedia of Dhaka. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 2012. 2016. Dhaka. 9789845120197.
  5. News: 2020-12-25 . Who is the new cycle lane on Manik Mia for? . 2024-10-19 . The Business Standard . en.
  6. Web site: Public Works Department . 2024-10-19 . ss.pwd.gov.bd.