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Dhaka
Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Administrative District	Dhaka District
Government
• Mayor	Sadeque Hossain Khoka
Population (2006 est.)
• City	6 million
• Metro	9.3 million
Time zone	UTC+6

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Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bangla: ঢাকা Đhaka; IPA: [ɖʱaka]) is the capital of Bangladesh and the Dhaka District. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka and its metropolitan area have a population exceeding 9 million, making it the largest city in Bangladesh and one of the most populous cities in the world.

Under Mughal rule, the city was also known as Jahangir Nagar. The modern city was largely developed by British authorities and soon became the second-largest city in Bengal after Kolkata. With the partition of India, Dhaka became the administrative capital of East Pakistan before becoming the capital of an independent Bangladesh in 1972. During this period Dhaka witnessed extensive political turmoil, including many periods of martial law, the declaration of Bangladesh's independence, military suppression and devastation from war and natural calamities.

Modern Dhaka is the centre of political, cultural and economic life in Bangladesh, enjoying the highest literacy rate amongst other Bangladeshi cities and a diverse economy. While the urban infrastructure is the most developed in the country, Dhaka suffers from severe challenges such as pollution, congestion, supply shortages, poverty and crime. In recent decades Dhaka has seen a modernisation of transport, communications and public works. The city is attracting modern industries, greater volumes of commerce and trade and an increasing number of works from across the nation.

History

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The Lal Bagh Fort was developed by Shaista Khan.

The existence of urbanised settlements in the area that is now Dhaka dates from the 7th century CE. The city area was ruled by the Buddhist kingdom of Kamarupa and the Pala empire before passing to the control of the Sena dynasty in the 9th century.^[1] Many believe that the name of the city was derived after the establishment of the Goddess Dhakeshwari's temple by Ballal Sena in the 12th century. Dhaka and its surrounding area was identified as Bengalla around that period. The town itself consisted of a few market centers like Lakshmi Bazar, Shankhari Bazar, Tanti Bazar, Patuatuli, Kumartuli, Bania Nagar and Goal Nagar. After the Sena dynasty, Dhaka was successively ruled by the Turkish and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate before the arrival of the Mughals in 1608.^[1]

The development of townships and a significant growth in population came as the city was proclaimed the capital of Bengal under Mughal rule in 1608. Mughal subahdar Islam Khan was the first administrator of the city.^[2] Khan christened the town "Jahangir Nagar" (City of Jahangir) in honour of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, although this name was dropped soon after Jahangir's death. The main expansion of the city took place under Mughal general Shaista Khan. The city then measured 19 by 13 kilometres (12 by 8 mi), with a population of nearly a million people.^[2] The city passed to the control of the British East India Company in 1765 after the Battle of Plassey. The city's population shrank dramatically during this period as the prominence of Kolkata rose,^[3] but substantive development and modernisation followed after a while. A modern civic water supply system was introduced in 1874 and electricity supply launched in 1878.^[4] The Dhaka Cantonment was established near the city, serving as a base for British and Indian soldiers.

During the abortive Partition of Bengal in 1905, Dhaka was declared to be the capital of the newly established state of Eastern Bengal and Assam, but Bengal was reunited in 1911. Following the partition of India in 1947 Dhaka became the capital of East Bengal, as a part of the new Muslim state of Pakistan. The city witnessed communal violence that left thousands of people dead. A large proportion of the city's Hindu population departed for India, while the city received hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants. The city's population catapulted in a very short period of time, creating severe shortages and infrastructural problems.^[5]^[6] As the centre of regional politics, Dhaka saw an increasing number of political strikes and incidents of violence. The adoption of Urdu as the sole official language of Pakistan led to protest marches involving large crowds. Known as the Language movement of 1952, the protests resulted in police firing killed students who were demonstrating peacefully.^[7]

The 1970 Bhola cyclone devastated much of the region, killing an estimated 500,000 people. More than half the city of Dhaka was flooded and millions of people marooned.^[8] The following year saw Bengali politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hold a massive nationalist rally on March 7, 1971 at the Race Course Ground that attracted an estimated one million people.^[9]^[10] Galvanising public anger against ethnic discrimination and poor cyclone relief efforts from the central government, the gathering preceded the March 26 declaration of Bangladesh's independence.^[9] In response, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight, which led to the arrests, torture and killing of hundreds of thousands of people, mainly Hindus and Bengali intellectuals.^[11] The fall of the city to the Indian Army on December 16 marked the creation of the independent state of Bangladesh. The post-independence period has seen a rapid and massive growth of the city population, attracting migrant workers from rural areas across Bangladesh.^[6] A real estate boom has followed the expansion of city limits and the development of new settlements such as Gulshan, Banani and Motijheel.^[6]

Geography and climate

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Panorama of the city.

Dhaka is located in central Bangladesh at 23°42′0″N 90°22′30″E / 23.70000°N 90.37500°E / 23.70000; 90.37500 and based on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River, which is the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. The city lies on the lower reaches of the Ganges Delta and covers a total area of 815.85 km² (315 mi²).^[12] It consists of seven principal thanas — Dhanmondi, Kotwali, Motijheel, Ramna, Mohammadpur, Sutrapur, Tejgaon — and 14 auxiliary thanas — Gulshan, Lalbagh, Mirpur, Pallabi, Sabujbagh, Cantonment, Demra, Hazaribagh, Shyampur, Badda, Kafrul, Kamrangir char, Khilgaon and Uttara. In total the city has 130 wards and 725 mohallas.^[13] Dhaka district has an area of 1463.60 km² (565 mi²); and is bounded by the districts of Gazipur, Tangail, Munshiganj, Rajbari, Narayanganj, Manikganj.^[13] Tropical vegetation and moist soils characterise the land, which is flat and close to sea-level. This leaves Dhaka susceptible to flooding during the monsoon seasons owing to heavy rainfall and cyclones.

The people of Dhaka experience a hot, wet and humid tropical climate. The city is within the monsoon climate zone, with an annual average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) and monthly means varying between 18 °C (64 °F) in January and 29 °C (84 °F) in August.^[12] Nearly 80% of the annual average rainfall of 1,854 mm (73 in) occurs between May and September.^[12] The environment of Dhaka is facing serious threats from pollution caused by the city's rapid expansion, congestion and industrial activities. Increasing air and water pollution emanating from traffic congestion and industrial waste are serious problems affecting public health and the quality of life in the city.^[14] Water bodies and wetlands around Dhaka are facing extinction as these are being filled up to construct multi-storied buildings and other real estate developments. Coupled with pollution, such erosion of natural habitats threatens to destroy much of the regional biodiversity. ^[14]

Civic administration

The Dhaka municipality was founded on August 1, 1864 and upgraded to "corporation" status in 1978.^[15] The Dhaka City Corporation is a self-governing corporation runs the affairs of the city. The incorporated area is divided into several wards, which have elected commissioners. The mayor of the city is elected by popular vote every five years, and the post is presently held by Sadeque Hossain Khoka.^[16] The Dhaka Education Board is responsible for administering all public schools and most private schools with the exception of English-medium schools and madrassahs. All madrassahs in Bangladesh are governed by a central board while English-medium schools separate educational and governance structures.

Dhaka suffers from a chronically high crime rate and frequent incidences of political and religious violence.^[17] An undermanned and ill-equipped police force has caused governments to occasionally deploy the Bangladeshi Army and paramilitary forces in major efforts to curb crime.^[18]^[19] Aside from Chittagong, Dhaka is the only city in the country with a water-borne sewage system, but this serves only 25% of the population while another 30% are served with septic tanks.^[14] Only two-thirds of households in Dhaka are served by the city water supply system. More than 9.7 million tonnes of solid wastes are produced in Dhaka city each year. While private and government efforts have succeeded in collecting garbage city-wide and using it as manure, most solid wastes are often dumped untreated in nearby low-lying areas and water bodies.^[14]^[20] Dhaka has one of the highest rates of death from infectious disease of any city in Asia.^[21]

The city is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies. The two main political parties are the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ramna contains the Secretariat, which houses most of the government ministries. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Dhaka High Court are located in the city. The Bangabhaban palace has served as the official residence of the Viceroy of India, the governor of East Pakistan and presently the President of Bangladesh. The Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, designed by reknowned architect Louis Kahn,^[22] houses the unicameral national parliament. The Baitul Mukarram, developed with a design resembling the Kaaba of Mecca, is the national mosque. Other historical monuments in the city include the Bara Katra palace, the Lal Bagh Fort, the Hoseni Dalan and the Ahsan Manzil.

Economy

Dhaka is the commercial heart of Bangladesh. The purchasing power of Dhaka's fast-growing middle class population is significantly higher than the rest of the country, increasing the market for modern consumer and luxury goods.^[23]^[24] Most of Bangladesh's skilled workers are employed in the businesses and industries located in the Dhaka metropolitan area. The city has historically attracted a large number of migrant workers.^[21] Hawkers, peddlars, small shops, rickshaws transport, roadside vendors and stalls employ a large segment of the population^[21]^[25] — rickshaw-pullers alone number as many as 400,000.^[23] Half the workforce is employed in household and unorganised labour, while about 800,000 work in the textile industry. Even so, unemployment remains high at 23%.^[26] The annual per capita income of Dhaka is estimated at $2,801, although a large segment of the population lives below the poverty line, with many surviving on less than $3 a day.^[23]

The main business districts of the city include Motijheel, Pantapath and Gulshan. Basundhara City is a recently developed economic area that houses many high-tech industries and corporations and a shopping mall that is the largest in South Asia, frequented daily by more than 25,000 people.^[23] The Export Processing Zone in Dhaka was set up to encourage the export of garments, textiles and other goods. The EPZ is home to 80 factories, which employ mostly women.^[27] The Dhaka Stock Exchange is based in the city as are most large companies and banks, including the Bangladesh Bank, HSBC, Citibank and the Grameen Bank. New urban developments have also resulted in a widespread construction boom. The construction of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers are changing the city landscape.^[23] Dhaka is developing a diverse economy with the growth of finance, banking, manufacturing industries, telecommunications and services.^[21]^[23] Tourism, hotels and restaurants are also an important element of the economy of Dhaka.

Transport

Cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws are the main mode of transport for the people of the city, with close to 400,000 rickshaws running each day — the largest number for any city in the world.^[25]^[23] However, only about 80,000 rickshaws are licensed by the city government.^[28]^[21] Relatively low-cost and non-polluting, rickshaws nevertheless cause traffic congestion and have been banned from many parts of the city. Public buses are operated by the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) as well as private companies and operators. Scooters, taxis and privately-owned automobiles are becoming increasingly popular with the city's growing middle-class. The government has overseen the replacement of two-stroke engine taxis with "Green taxis", which run on compressed natural gas.

Dhaka has 1,868 kilometres (1161 mi) of paved roads.^[28] It is connected by highways and railway links to Chittagong, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Faridpur and Sylhet. Highway links to Kolkata and Agartala have been established by the BRTC which also runs regular bus services to those cities from Dhaka.^[29] The Kamalapur Railway Station and the Airport (Biman Bandar) Railway Station are the main railway stations providing trains on suburban and national routes operated by the state-run Bangladesh Railway. The Sadarghat Port on the banks of the Buriganga River serves the transportation of goods and passengers upriver and to other ports in Bangladesh and South Asia. The Zia International Airport is the largest and busiest in the nation. The state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the primary airline corporation based at the airport, although private carriers are gaining popularity.

Demographics

The population of Dhaka city (areas under the jurisdiction of the Dhaka city corporation) stands at approximately 6 million. The city in combination with localities forming the wider metropolitan area is home to an estimated 9.3 million. The population is growing by an estimated 4.2% per annum, one of the highest rates amongst Asian cities.^[21] The continuing growth reflects ongoing migration from rural areas to the Dhaka urban region, which accounted for 60% of the city's growth in the 1960s and 1970s. More recently, the city's population has also grown with the expansion of city boundaries, a process that added more than a million people to the city in the 1980s.^[21] The population literacy rate is estimated at 62.3%.^[13] The city population is composed of peoples from virtually every region of Bangladesh. The long-standing inhabitants of the old city are known as Kuttis and have a distinctive dialect and culture. Between 15,000 to 20,000 of the Rohingya, Santal, Khasi, Garo, Chakma and Mandi tribal peoples reside in the city.^[30]

Almost all residents of Dhaka speak Bangla, the national language. Many distinctive Bangla dialects and regional languages such as Chittagonian and Sylheti are also spoken by small segments of the population. English is also spoken by a large segment of the population, especially for business purposes. Urdu is spoken by many non-Bengali peoples. Islam is the predominant religion of Dhaka's people, with a majority belonging to the Sunni sect. There are also significant Shia and Ahmadiya communities. Hinduism is the second-largest religion and smaller communities practice Buddhism and Christianity. In recent years there have been rising acts of religious violence, especially from radical Islamic groups.^[17]^[31] Islamic groups have been blamed for targeting Hindus, Christians and Ahmadiyas as well as police and state authorities.^[32]^[33]

Culture

As the most populous city of the nation, life in Dhaka exemplifies Bangladeshi culture. Annual celebrations for Independence Day (March 26), Language Martyrs' Day (November 7) and Victory Day (December 16) are prominently held across the city. Dhaka's people congregate at the Central Shaheed Minar and the Jatiyo Smriti Soudho to celebrate the national heroes of the liberation war. These occasions are observed with public ceremonies and rallies in public grounds. Many schools and colleges organise festivals and concerts.^[34]

Pohela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year falls annually on April 14 and is popularly celebrated across the city.^[34] Large crowds of people gather on the streets of Shahbaug, Ramna Park and the campus of the University of Dhaka for celebrations. The most popular dressing style for women are Sarees or Salwar Kameez, while men usually prefer western clothing to the traditional Lungi. The Durga Puja is the most important Hindu festival of the year. Large processions of Hindus perform devotional songs, dances, prayers and ceremonies for Goddess Durga.^[35] The Muslim festivals of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha witnesses widespread celebrations, with large numbers of Muslims attending prayers in mosques across the city.^[36]^[35]

For much of recent history, Dhaka was characterised by roadside markets and small shops that sold a wide variety of goods. Recent years have seen the widespread construction of shopping malls, multiplexes, hotels and restaurants attracting Dhaka's growing middle-class and wealthy residents. Along with Bangladeshi cuisine and South Asian variants, a large variety in Westerm and Chinese cuisine are served at numerous restaurants and eateries.^[23] Despite the growing popularity of music groups and rock bands, traditional folk music remains widely popular.^[35] The ghazal songs of artists like Runa Laila and the works of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and Rabindranath Tagore also widespread following across Dhaka.^[35] The Baily Road area is known as Natak Para (Theater Neighborhood) which is the center of Dhaka's thriving theater movement.^[35] Indian and Pakistani music and films are popular with large segments of Dhaka's population.

Bangladesh Betar is the state-run primary provider of radio services and broadcasts a variety of programming in Bangla and English. In recent years many private radio networks have been established in the city. Bangladesh Television is the state-run broadcasting network that provides a wide variety of programmes in Bangla and English. Cable and satellite networks such as ATN Bangla, RTV, NTV and STAR TV are amongst the most popular channels. The main offices of most publishing houses in Bangladesh are based in Dhaka. The Prothom Alo and The Daily Ittefaq are the most popular amongst the large number of Bangla language dailies, periodicals and other publications in the city. The Daily Star and The Independent are the largest English language dailies published in the city. Although cellular phones are gaining popularity, less than 10% of households have telephone access.^[21]

Education

The medicine and biology department of the University of Dhaka

Dhaka has the largest number of schools, colleges and universities of any Bangladeshi city. The education system is divided into 4 levels: Primary (from grades 1 to 5), Secondary (from grades 6 to 10), Higher Secondary (from grades 11 to 12) and tertiary.^[37] The five years of lower secondary education concludes with a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. Students who pass this examination proceed to two years of Higher Secondary or intermediate training, which culminate in a Higher Secondary School (HSC) examination.^[37] Education is mainly offered in Bangla, but English is also commonly taught and used. A large number of Muslim families send their children to attend part-time courses or even to pursue full-time religious education, which is imparted in Bangla and Arabic in madrassahs.^[37]

The Dhaka College is the oldest institution of higher education in the city and amongst the earliest established in British India, founded in 1840. Since independence, Dhaka has seen the establishment of a large number of public and private colleges and universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as a variety of doctoral programmes. The University of Dhaka is the largest public university in the nation with more than 30,000 students and 1,300 faculty staff. The university also boasts 18 research centres and 70 departments, faculties and institutes.^[38] Eminent seats of higher education include the Jahangirnagar University and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, which is the premier technical university in the nation. The Dhaka Medical College and the Sir Salimullah Medical College are amongst the largest and most respected medical schools in the nation. Dhaka's college campuses are often hotbeds of political conflicts.^[39] Protests, strikes and violence from student activists frequently disrupt many college campuses.^[40]^[41]

Sports

Cricket and football are the two most popular sports in Dhaka and across the nation. Teams are fielded in intra-city and national competitions by a large number of schools, colleges and private entities. The Mohammedan Sports Club and Abahani are the largest football and cricket teams, maintaining a fierce rivalry. Many Bangladeshi cricketers and football players such as Sheikh Aslam, Athar Ali Khan, Kaiser Hamid, Mohammad Ashraful, Enamul Haque Jr. and Mashrafe Mortaza hail from Dhaka. The Bangladesh cricket team's victories over Pakistan in 1999, India in 2004 and even the overseas win against Australian cricket team in 2005 were celebrated by thousands of people who congregated on the streets of the city.^[42]

Dhaka has the distinction of having hosted the first official test cricket match of the Pakistan cricket team in 1954 against India.^[43] The Bangabandhu National Stadium was formerly the main venue for domestic and international cricket matches, but now exclusively hosts football matches.^[43] The newly-built Fatullah Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium hosts most of the domestic and international fixtures of cricket with an audience capacity of 15,000. The Bangladesh Sports Control Board, responsible for promoting sports activities across the nation is based in Dhaka. Dhaka also has stadiums largely used for domestic events such as the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (in Mirpur), the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium and the Outer Stadium Ground. The Dhaka University Ground hosts many intercollegiate tournaments.^[44]

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v t e Dhaka
History	Timeline History of Bangladesh History of Bengal Kamarupa Dhakeshwari Temple Sena dynasty Islam Khan Jahangir Nagar Mughal Empire British Raj Nawab of Dhaka East Bengal Partition of India East Pakistan 1970 Bhola cyclone Bangladesh Liberation War
Government and localities	Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Dhaka Metropolitan Police Dhaka High Court Mohakhali Ramna Thana Paltan Motijheel Thana Shahbag Nilkhet Uttara Dhaka Cantonment Banani, Dhaka Segunbagicha Mohammadpur Thana Dhanmondi Thana Kotwali Thana Sutrapur Thana Tejgaon Thana Gulshan Thana Lal Bagh Mirpur Model Thana Pallabi Thana Sabujbagh Thana Demra Thana Hazaribagh Shyampur Badda Thana Kafrul Thana Kamrangirchar Thana Khilgaon Thana
Buildings and landmarks	Sher-e-Bangla Nagor Thana Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Supreme Court of Bangladesh Baitul Mukarram Martyred Intellectuals Memorial Dhakeshwari Temple Shaheed Minar Star Mosque Curzon Hall Ahsan Manzil Lalbagh Fort Bara Katra Liberation War Museum Chandrima Uddan Hussaini Dalan
Economy	Dhaka Stock Exchange Sonali Bank Rupali Bank Bangladesh Bank Bashundhara City
Education	University of Dhaka Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology North South University Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology American International University-Bangladesh Independent University, Bangladesh Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University East West University University of Asia Pacific BIRDEM and Bangladesh National Zoo Schools and Colleges in Dhaka
Culture and sports	Ekushey Book Fair Dhaka World Music Festival Gurdwara Nanak Shahi Suhrawardy Udyan Bangladesh National Zoo Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha Durga Puja Pohela Boishakh Victory Day Independence Day Fatullah Osmani Stadium Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Dhaka derby Ivy Rahman Swimming pool Bangabandhu National Stadium Bangladesh Army Stadium Outer Stadium Ground Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex Dhaka University Ground Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium
Other topics	List of cities and towns in Bangladesh List of tallest buildings in Dhaka Buildings and structures Educational institutions C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Transport in Dhaka
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