Recent Urban development in Bangladesh

[M.R.9]

Just for THe ELITE BloGS. Now for those people who sleep on FOOTPATH.

 

[Bilal9]

AIUB now has 30 acres of land in Kuril, Dhaka.

Green University Permanent Campus at Purbachal American City

Apex opens 'South Asia's biggest' shoe store

Star Business Desk
Apex yesterday opened what it says is the “biggest shoe store” in South Asia at Bashundhara City shopping mall in Dhaka.

Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of the footwear maker, inaugurated the showroom which is said to provide high quality premium footwear to customers.

The 22,000 square feet store has been designed to enhance customer experience by assuring a state-of-the-art shopping atmosphere, the company said in a statement.

The store also serves as a diverse collection of over 2,300 shoes, sandals and accessories, including products of nine in-house and four international brands.

“Though we have launched the biggest shoe store in South Asia, it is just a start as we will continuously make improvements to ourselves to give our customers the ultimate shopping experience,” said Elahi.


Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd; Rajan Pillai, CEO, and Sudarshan Reddy, chief operating officer, were present.

Source: Daily Star

Spicy Ramen Buffet Restaurant, Dhammondi

 

[Bilal9]

Urban Forest, Banani

Three side-by-side towers by Shanta coming to Tejgaon I/A

Existing Shanta Western Tower, 186 Tejgaon I/A (14FL)

Shanta Forum, 188 Tejgaon I/A

Status: Under construction commercial building - 21 stories with 3 levels of underground parking.

Shanta Pinnacle, 190 Tejgaon I/A

Status: Just approved commercial building - 40 stories with 5 levels of underground parking. No render available yet.

Rupayan Swapnoniloy Condominiums, Siddheswari (current construction status)

 

[Bilal9]

Manmo, Rd 113, Gulshan-2

Contemporary Japanese & Chinese Fusion restaurant

Lean Nation Eats, Gulshan-1

Mexican Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Salmon Poke Bowl

Fryyay, FR Tower, KA Avenue, Banani

Peri Peri Chicken

Korean Toasted Sandwich

Strips Dips

Loaded Seafood Fries

Loaded Macho Fries

 

[Bilal9]

Hosne Aziz Villa, Hatirjheel Lakefront Apartments

 

[Bilal9]

Jobike hits Dhaka streets

The bicycle rental firm expands service after success in pilot schemes

Bicycle rental company Jobike yesterday rolled out its service in Dhaka, a year after its successful piloting in Cox's Bazar, as part of its plan to transform the two-wheelers as one of the main modes of transport in the congested city.

In Dhaka, the service will be provided in Mirpur DOHS with 50 bicycles on a pilot basis.

To rent a bicycle from Jobike, one has to download the mobile application and open an account. The app would show the nearby docks with available bikes. After entering the payment information a QR code will be provided, which needs to be scanned to unlock the bikes from the dock.

In Dhaka, for each minute the rider will be charged Tk 1, and the bicycles must be returned to the point where they were taken from.

Jobike has appointed some retail points around their service area, where riders can top-up their account balance and pay for their service.

The company is now working with mobile financial service provider bKash and within next one month customers will be able to pay through the platform.

After getting huge response in Cox's Bazar, the company rolled out commercial operations on the campus of two public universities: Jahangirnagar and Chittagong.

“We have received extraordinary responses from our customers in the three places, so we are now launching it in the capital,” said Mehedi Reza, founder and chief executive of Jobike.

Currently, 100 two-wheelers are running in Jahangirnagar University, 50 in Cox's Bazar, and another 50 in the University of Chittagong.

This week the start-up will add another 50 bikes in the University of Chittagong as the demand is very high, Reza said. “A few days ago, students chanted slogans demanding an increase in bike numbers.”

The company is also working to roll out the service in Bashundhara residential area within the next two months, said Reza, adding that there were also plans to cover Gulshan, Baridhara, Uttara and Dhanmondi.

As of now, the Internet of Things-based specially-designed bicycles are being used 3,000 times a day. The Jobike application has already been downloaded 35,000 times and it is increasing every day.

The company plans to cover major parts of the country within a year.

“This will help in building clean and smart cities in Bangladesh,” said Reza, also a former product operations manager at Alibaba Group, the world's largest online trading company.

With bicycles being an environment-friendly mode of transport, the rental service is very popular in large cities such as London, New York, Melbourne, Paris, Madrid, Copenhagen and Singapore.

 

[Bilal9]

Going to use this thread to post a few things on food-blogging in Dhaka. As I have mentioned before, there is no dearth of excellent places for those wanting to try some culinary adventure, at every price level. Prices for even exotic menus have slowly settled down - and are now within reach of the middle class, as their palates get more adventurous as well. Prevention of food-borne illnesses and food preparation standards are rapidly improving as well, helped by overseas trained chefs transferring their skills to local ones. It would not be too much of a stretch to say Dhaka is probably one of the two/three top-level foodie destinations in South Asia.

Here's a post from one of the bloggers:

Spider roll at Kiyoshi

"Dhaka is swarming with Japanese restaurants and sushi is now being served even at places like Urban Void.

With sushi, it's all about details and Kiyoshi manages to master the art. The overall taste of this Spider roll was sweet with a hint of spice from the mayo, and also salty from the orange tobiko. The roll is marked by the freshness of the tobiko, which burst beneath my teeth, as I bit through the layers of battered soft-shell crab, torched crab and other ingredients such as cucumber, avocado, and spicy mayonnaise, and sushi rice.

One cannot forget that Kiyoshi serves fusion Japanese. So I'd highly recommend those who hate sushi to give them at least one try because the taste/smell of the fish is barely even there. This sushi tasted like luxury in mouth and honestly 4 pieces are enough to make you feel full. "

 

[Bilal9]

DNCC MARKET SQUARE,GULSHAN 2 (So old that open markets are NEW again!)

GULSHAN 1

BORAK ZAHIR TOWER,KAWRANBAZAR

BARIDHARA LAKE PARK

Ultimate Fun Factory Entertainment Zone opens at Levels 14-18 of Bashundhara City

Medium sized cruise liners doing cruises in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest

Metro Rail latest update...

Detailed Documentary on the various routes of Dhaka Metro. Must See! Sorry Bengali only.

Latest updates on the 1,320 megawatt Payra coal-fired power station in Patuakhali. Plant going online by August of this year.

Interviews with the local folks...

 

[Bilal9]

Hilton,Westin and Hyatt,Gulshan(pic taken from Four Points by Sheraton)

Marriott,Gulshan

Intercontinental and Holiday Inn,Airport Road (this is right next to VGZR)

 

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[Saiful Islam]

Dhaka looks and feels different these days. Whole different ball game even 10 years ago.

 

[Bilal9]

 

[Bilal9]

More images from the Intercontinental refurbishment. Every Paisa well spent! Sixty years old and still a ravishing classy beauty.

 

[Mage]

Density of high rises in Dhaka amazes me..

 

[Bengal71]

More images from the Intercontinental refurbishment. Every Paisa well spent! Sixty years old and still a ravishing classy beauty.

This hotel should have been made in to a museum, so much history of '71 in the hotel.

Pantha path (Sunset Way) area

Just a correction.

Pantha means traveler not sunset