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July 2016 Dhaka attack. / 23.8025; 90.4167. On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, [2] five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery [3] in Gulshan Thana. [4] The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages (foreigners and locals).
Dhaka was the capital of a proto-industrialised Mughal Bengal for 75 years (1608–39 and 1660–1704). It was the hub of the muslin trade in Bengal and one of the most prosperous cities in the world. The Mughal city was named Jahangirnagar ( The City of Jahangir) in honour of the erstwhile ruling emperor Jahangir.
Dhaka ( Dacca) is a modern megacity with origins dating to circa the 7th century CE. [citation needed] The history of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanised settlements that were ruled by the Hindu Gauda Kingdom, Buddhist and Shaivite [2] Pala Empire before passing to the control of the Hindu Sena dynasty in the 10th century CE. [3]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters surged through the capital of Bangladesh, this time in joy, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday to end 15 years in ...
Dhakeshwari National Temple ( Bengali: ঢাকেশ্বরী রাষ্ট্রীয় মন্দির, romanized : Ðhakeshshori Rashtriyo Mondir) is a Hindu temple in Old Dhaka (inhabited since 7th century, 600 A.D.), Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is state-owned, giving it the distinction of being Bangladesh 's 'National Temple'. The ...
The location of Savar (red marker), the site of the building collapse, in relation to Dhaka. Photo of Rana Plaza taken one year before the collapse. Rana Plaza was built in 2006 and owned by Sohel Rana—allegedly a member of the local unit of Jubo League (the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League, the political party in power).
Hatirjheel (Bengali: হাতিরঝিল [ɦatir dʒʱil], English: / ˈ h ɑː t iː ˌ dʒ h ɪ l /; lit. Lake of Elephant) is a lakefront in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Before 2009, It was a slum area that had been transformed into a recreation area as well as an alternate way to ease traffic congestion.
Under the patronage of the museum, it had several art exhibitions including a Photographic exhibition on the "Liberation War : Towards 25th Anniversary" held at ‘ La Galerie' in Dhaka[March, 1995], published a Photographic album containing 100 historic photographs portraying the Liberation struggle of Bangali people from the beginning ...