16-698: Kamalapur may refer to: Kamalapur , a neighbourhood in Dhaka Kamalapur railway station , Dhaka, Bangladesh Kamalapur metro station , a mass rapid transit station of MRT Line 6 Kamalapur Multimodal Transport Hub , a proposed infrastructure in Dhaka, Bangladesh Kamalapur, Hanumakonda district , Telangana Kamalapura, Vijayanagara , in Vijayanagara district (formerly Bellary district), Karnataka Kamalapura, Kalaburagi , Karnataka Kamalapur,
32-493: A thana of Dhaka , Bangladesh . It is Dhaka's primary central business district, and also the nation's largest commercial and financial hub . Motijheel, located immediately adjacent to Dhaka's zero point , has the largest number of offices in Dhaka. Motijheel CBD also has one of the highest concentrations of high-rise buildings in Bangladesh. It has thus earned the title of the downtown and city centre of Dhaka and as
48-471: A town in Comilla District , Bangladesh See also [ edit ] Kamalapur Assembly constituency (disambiguation) Kamalpur (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
64-518: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation ( BJMC ) is a public corporation that manages all government-owned jute factories and industries in Bangladesh . The corporation is located in Dhaka , the capital city of Bangladesh. In addition to the jute mills, it also owns several public entities in other fields for
80-616: Is also based in Motijheel. With a large concentration of businesses, as well as government offices, departments and ministries, Motijheel is a major central business district and an office hub. The area is served by the Dhaka Metro Rail . Shapla Square and Balaka Square are well known roundabouts in Motijheel. The name Motijheel is a combination of two Bengali words, moti ( Bengali : মতি ), which means pearl; and jheel ( Bengali : ঝিল ), meaning lake. Hence,
96-611: The Bangladesh Bank Building located in Motijheel was the tallest building in Bangladesh . City Centre Dhaka of Motijheel is the current tallest building in Bangladesh and has been since 2012. In recent years, the emergence of a plethora of new CBDs in other parts of Dhaka has led to a neglect of Motijheel. Motijheel forms part of downtown Dhaka. It is situated between Old Dhaka to its south and Ramna , Paltan and Segunbagicha to its north. Motijheel lies directly adjacent to Paltan and Segunbagicha. The Ramna area
112-815: The bankpara - officepara (neighbourhood of banks and offices) in Bengali . It is home to the Bangabhaban presidential palace, the venerable Notre Dame College ; and the Bangladesh Bank , the central bank of the country. Companies based in Motijheel include Dutch Bangla Bank , Eastern Bank PLC , Mercantile Bank , IFIC Bank , Beacon Pharmaceuticals , Orion Group , Janata Bank , Sonali Bank , Rupali Bank , Agrani Bank , Pubali Bank , Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation , Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation and Jiban Bima Corporation among others. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
128-704: The governor of Bengal and the viceroy of India . It later became the seat of the Governor of East Pakistan. The president of Bangladesh resides at the Bangabhaban in Motijheel. The presidential palace is surrounded by the Bangabhaban Gardens (formerly the Nawab's Dilkusha Gardens). After the partition of India , Motijheel became the CBD of Dhaka during the 1950s and 1960s. The city's Notre Dame College
144-489: The Ideal Government Primary School are also in Motijheel. Other schools and colleges in the thana include Bangladesh Bank High School, Post Office High School, Motijheel Government Girls' High School, Motijheel Government Boys' High School, Shantibagh High School, Shahjahanpur Railway School, Miraj Abbas Degree College, and Abujar Ghifari College. This Dhaka Division location article
160-585: The area's name. During the Bengal Sultanate , a Sufi preacher named Shah Jalal Dakhini lived in the area. His tomb is located within the Bangabhaban premises. Under Mughal rule , the area was known as the abode of Mirza Muhammad Mukim. The area was historically known as Dilkusha. It was the site of the Dilkusha Gardens, a property of the nawab of Dhaka . Armenians also lived in the area. The area became home to an official residence of
176-680: The east, Ramna Model Thana to the northwest, and Paltan to the west. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Motijheel Thana has a population of 210,006 with an average household size of 4.5 members and an average literacy rate of 80.4% against the national average of 51.8% literacy. The following companies have their head offices in Motijheel. Notre Dame College, Dhaka and Notre Dame University Bangladesh are located in Motijheel Thana. The main branch of Ideal School & College and Motijheel Model School & College are also located in Motijheel. T & T High School and
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#1732780211850192-428: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamalapur&oldid=1233274850 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kamalapur (neighbourhood) Motijheel ( Bengali : মতিঝিল ) is a central business district and
208-412: The name Motijheel literally means "Lake of Pearls". There are two theories regarding the origin of its name. One suggests that during Mughal rule, a pond existed within the estate of Mughal official Mirza Mohammad Mukim, whose daughter is said to have thrown jewellery into the water, leading the area to be named Motijheel. Another theory attributes the name to a canal that once flowed nearby, influencing
224-417: The purposes of funding and revenue collection. The BJMC corporation was formed in 1972 when the government of Bangladesh nationalised all the jute mills in the country as part of an effort to institute new socialist policies. The corporation is currently responsible for managing nine state-run jute mills in Bangladesh, including Adamjee Jute Mills . In 2016, the government announced plans to upgrade
240-537: Was relocated to its present campus in Motijheel in 1954; and includes many prestigious alumni. The clocktower of the Dhaka Improvement Trust building was the tallest structure in East Pakistan . The Purbani Hotel opened in the 1960s. In the 1980s and early 1990s, several tall buildings were built in Motijheel. They are mainly the headquarters of Bangladeshi state-owned banks. For many years,
256-409: Was the colonial part of Dhaka which developed in the early 20th century. Motijheel, which was once the property of the nawab of Dhaka, was a garden situated between Ramna and Old Dhaka. Motijheel Thana covers an area of 3.69 square kilometres (1.42 sq mi). It is bounded by thana of Rampura to the north, Khilgaon Thana to the north and east, Sutrapur Thana to the south, Sabujbagh Thana to
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