Gulshan Thana
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| Wards | 72, 73, 74 |
| Parliamentary Seat | Dhaka 17 (Gulshan Gulshan -Places:Bangladesh* Gulshan, Dhaka - an area of Dhaka, BangladeshIran* Gulshan or Golshan, former name of Tabas, Yazd Province, Iran* Golshan, another name for Afif-Abad Garden, in Shiraz, Iran* Golshan Gas Field, IranPakistan... -Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force are situated within this cantonment... -Baridhara Baridhara Baridhara is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has special zone designated for diplomats, and many of the foreign embassies and high commissions are situated in here. There are mainly three areas diplomatic zone mainly in the south-west portion, general residential area in... and major portions of Wards 15 and 20) |
| Municipality | Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city... |
| Coordinates | 23°48' N, 90°25' E |
| RAB Rapid Action Battalion Rapid Action Battalion or RAB is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of Bangladesh Police constituted amending the Armed Police Battalion Ordinance, 1979. Under the command of Inspector General of Police it consists of members of Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy,... Area |
RAB 1 |
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 Gulshan lake view (2005) |
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| Established | 1972* |
| Area | 53.59 km²* |
| Population | 28,1337 (Density 5250/km²)* |
| HQ | Gulshan Circle 2 |
| Neighboring Thanas | Kafrul, Badda, Tejgaon, Khilgaon, Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force are situated within this cantonment... * |
| Website | DMP Map of Gulshan Thana |
Gulshan is an affluent neighborhood of Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
, the capital of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It is home to Bangladesh's wealthiest residents, including the billionaire Musa Bin Shamsher
Musa Bin Shamsher
Dr. Moosa Bin Shamsher is a Bangladeshi business mogul who is often credited as the father of the Manpower Export industry in Bangladesh, and has also achieved notoriety for purportedly being a prominent name in the international weapons industry during the 1970s and the 1980s...
.
History
Gulshan was founded as a planned model town in 1961 with its own Pourashabha (municipal corporation), while the neighboring Banani Model Town was founded in 1964. Gulshan Thana was established in 1972. Gulshan Pourashabha was abolished in 1982. In 1984, Gulshan, along with MirpurMirpur Thana
Mirpur is a thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Pallabi Thana to the north, Mohammadpur Thana to the south, Kafrul to the east - to the west it is bounded by Savar Upazila.-Geography:Mirpur is located at...
municipality, was absorbed into Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
.
The area was originally built with the purpose of being solely residential, however, over the years many commercial buildings have been set up. The celebrated scenic view of the area, dominated by the Gulshan Lake, is detoriating. The reason often stated is a lack of urban planning. Availability and use of recreational drugs, including yaba
Yaba (drug)
Ya ba are tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine.-Alternative names:...
, has become a problem for the area since early 2000s.
Geography
The Gulshan thana comprises an area of 53.59 km², consisting of three wards (72, 73 and 74), 37 mouzas and 20 villages, including Gulshan Model Town, consisting of Gulshan circle 1 and circle 2, Banani Model Town, Baridhara Diplomatic Zone, and Mohakhali. 50% of the area is residential, 20% commercial, and 12% is diplomatic area. 18% land in Gulshan consists of other areas, including slumSlum
A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the...
s, of which the biggest is the Karail slum. Apart from the urban areas, the 37 mouzas of Gulshan thana also contain 20 villages.
Gulshan is a commercial cum residential area, originally meant for offices and embassies of diplomatic missions, as well as posh residences. The area has seen an upsurge, since mid-1990s, in the number of high-rise buildings, posh restaurants, lavish residential areas, modern markets and ice-cream parlors which are open past midnight. The independent houses of early 1970s that stood far from each other in Gulshan area have vanished because of the commercial boom, to the point of old residents claiming it is not a residential area anymore. The traffic jams
Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction...
due to a lack of parking space
Parking space
A parking space is a location that is designated for parking, either paved or unpaved.Parking spaces can be in a parking garage, in a parking lot or on a city street. It is usually designated by a white-paint-on-tar rectangle indicated by three lines at the top, left and right of the designated area...
and increased traffic activity for private schools and local clubs are have added to the problems, as well as a vanishing lake, flooded streets and growing slums. The increasing crowd of English-medium schools along road 55 in Gulshan Circle 2 is a particular area of concern. The Banani area faces further problems in the form of private university and shopping complex crowds, as well as rundown roads that has a lack of street lights.
Demography
As per 1991 Bangladesh censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Gulshan had a population of 281,337. Many of Dhaka's richest reside here. 21.59% of residents are occupied with commerce, while 40.92% are service professionals. Average literacy rate of the area is 59.7% for people over the age of 7 against the national average of 32.4%. 93.65% of the Gulshan population are Muslims.
Urban layout
Most foreign diplomatic missions in Bangladesh area located in Gulshan or Baridhara Diplomatic Zone. ThoroughfareThoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a place of transportation intended to connect one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of general traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to multi-lane highway with grade separated...
s in the area are beautified by major cellphone companies of Bangladesh. There are 25 mosques in this area, including Gulshan Azad Mosque and Banani Bazaar Mosque. The area features a number of churches and Christian missions, including that of the Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which consists of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries...
.
Commercial activities
Many local and multinational companies have their local headquarters located in Gulshan, including NokiaNokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
, Grameenphone
Grameenphone
Grameenphone , widely known as GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. With more than 32 million subscribers , Grameenphone is the largest cellular operator in the country...
, Banglalink
Banglalink
Banglalink , is the second largest cellular service provider in Bangladesh after Grameenphone. As of November, 2009, Banglalink has a subscriber base of 12.99 million. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orascom Telecom....
, Augere
Augere
Augere is a wireless broadband business founded in 2007. It is headed by the former CEO of Orange, Sanjiv Ahuja. It has a mission to provide 'broadband for all' and is working to bring available, affordable and accessible broadband internet services to under-served communities worldwideAugere has...
, Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...
, P&G, GSK
GSK
GSK could refer to:* Get Started Kit * GlaxoSmithKline , a multinational pharmaceutical corporation* Global Security Kit, a cryptographic programming library by IBM* GSK-3, a protein kinase...
, Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser plc is a global consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest producer of household products and a major producer of consumer healthcare and personal products...
, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a global data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It is a joint venture between Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany...
, Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....
, Ericsson
Ericsson
Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
, Coca Cola and Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...
.
There are some 45 boutique
Boutique
A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewelry. The word is French for "shop", via Latin from Greek ἀποθήκη , "storehouse"....
s, market
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
s, bazaar
Bazaar
A bazaar , Cypriot Greek: pantopoula) is a permanent merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who work that area...
s and shopping centres in Gulshan. Most notable are Gulshan Shopping Centre, Navana Shopping Centre, Banani Bazar, DCC Market I, DCC Market II, Alam Market, Shahzadpur Bazar, and Iqbal Centre. There also are
mega-stores such as Nandan, Agora, Aarong, Shopper's World, Pink City shopping mall
and the ABC Shopping Complex. A plethora of food, bank and fashion outlets are located all over the area.
Entertainment
sponsored by the various diplomatic missions. These include the American Recreation Association (American Club), the Canadian Club, the Dutch
Club, the Australian Club (membership also available to New Zealanders),
the Nordic Club (membership available to citizens of Scandinavian countries) and
the German Club (membership available to EU citizens).
The BAGHA (British Aid Guest House Association) Club falls under the British High Commission umbrella and also accepts membership from EU citizens.
While it is not a club as such, the quarters of the American Embassy's Marine Guard
unit maintains a small private bar.
It also features Wonder Land, a children's theme park. There is a 250 room five star
Star (classification)
Stars are often used as symbols for classification purposes. They are used by reviewers for ranking things such as movies, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. For example, one to five stars is commonly employed to categorize hotels.-Restaurant ratings:...
hotel, Westin, located at circle 2.
Health
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh is an international health research organization located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dedicated to saving lives through research and treatment, ICDDR,B addresses some of the most critical health concerns facing the world today, ranging...
is in Mahakhali. Gulshan Mother and Child Clinic (Gulshan Maa O Shishu Clinic), Gulshan Group Clinic, Retina and Eye Center, DNS Diagnostics and Telemedicine, Sikder's Women's Hospital, Ear Care Center, and Balaka Pharmacy are in Gulshan Model Town. The Dental Studio, Sarah Dental Clinic, and Johnson's Dental Clinic are in Banani Model Town. The Apollo Hospital is in Bashundhara
Bashundhara
Boshundhora is a privately developed residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh by the Boshundhora Group. The Appolo Hospital as well as the Grameenphone headquarters are located at Boshundhora....
. There also Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital in Gulshan, Aysha Memorial Specialized Hospital and Life Line in Mohakhali
Mohakhali
Mohakhali is one of the busiest places in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Mohakhali is an important and busy area of Dhaka city. Many important offices and institutions are based in mohakhali. Mohakhali Bus terminal is one of the most important terminals of Dhaka city...
, and Nova Medical Center, Peerless Diagnistic & Treatment Centre and Prince Medical Center in Banani. There also Midway Clinic, Adventist Dental Clinic, Modern Clinic & Blood Center and Shifa Pharmacy in Gulshan, Christian Medical Hospital in Baridhara
Baridhara
Baridhara is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has special zone designated for diplomats, and many of the foreign embassies and high commissions are situated in here. There are mainly three areas diplomatic zone mainly in the south-west portion, general residential area in...
, and Metropolitan Medical Center and Marie Stopes Clinic in Mohakhali.