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Bailey Road, Dhaka

Bailey Road is a well-known thoroughfare and an upscale area in Ramna, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

Bailey Road, Dhaka
Bailey Road, Dhaka · Nasir Khan (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Bailey Road is a well-known thoroughfare and an upscale area in Ramna, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.

It is a classic road in Dhaka that runs through Shiddheswari, connecting Hare Road with Shantinagar junction. It is regarded as one of the busiest areas of the city, constructed during the colonial era, now serving both as a residential area for civil servants, high court judges as well as government officers, and hosting shopping malls and food courts. The Bailey Road is considered as two distinct roads, one after another, they are the new Bailey Road and the Bailey Road. The New Bailey Road is well recognised for its famous theatres, numerous boutiques, shops, schools, fast food, restaurants, and various hangout places. The old Bailey Road is reputable because of the officers club, Foreign Service Academy, and homes of ministers and government officials. Bailey Road was featured in a song of the same name by Ayub Bachchu, lead singer of the popular rock band LRB. Bailey Road was officially renamed Natok Soroni in recognition of the road's contributions to performing arts in the capital.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bailey Road, Dhaka

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Dhaka

    The University of Dhaka, also known as Dhaka University, is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in Bangladesh.

    1.4 km · public university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Baitul Mukarram National Mosque

    Baitul Mukarram, officially Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, is the national mosque of Bangladesh. It is located at the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

    1.6 km · National Mosque of Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban

    The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is the Parliament house of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. Initially designed for the Parliament of Pakistan by architect Louis Kahn, the complex is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world, covering 840,000 m2.

    3.4 km · national assembly building of Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Shaheed Minar

    The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali language movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan. On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College and political activists were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding official status for their native language, Bengali.

    2.2 km · Monument to the deaths incurred in the Bangladesh for Language Movement in 1952 · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Stadium, Dhaka

    National Stadium, Dhaka is a multipurpose sports arena and the national stadium of Bangladesh. Located in the Motijheel area of Dhaka, it is predominantly used for football matches and serves as the home venue for the Bangladesh national football team.

    1.8 km · stadium and a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bangladesh National Museum

    The Bangladesh National Museum is the national repository of Bangladesh's cultural and historical artifacts, located in the Shahbag area of Dhaka. The museum was established on 20 March 1913, under the name Dhaka Museum, and was formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913.

    900 m · national museum of Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ahsan Manzil

    Ahsan Manzil is a historic palace situated in Kumartoli along the banks of Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It served as the official residence and administrative seat of the Nawab of Dhaka during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

    3.6 km · National museum in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Dhakeshwari Temple

    Dhakeshwari National Temple is a Hindu temple in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is state-owned, giving it the distinction of being Bangladesh's 'National Temple'.

    2.4 km · Hindu temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Notre Dame College, Dhaka

    Notre Dame College, Dhaka, also known as NDC, is a Catholic higher secondary and degree-level educational institution founded and managed by the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Upon the invitation of the then East Pakistan government after the partition of India, St.

    2.3 km · higher secondary and degree college in Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque

    The Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque, also known as Chawk Mosque, is a mosque located in the Chowk Bazaar area in the old city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    2.9 km · mosque in Bangladesh · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Bailey Road, Dhaka

Airports
Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 11 km · Osmany (ZYL), 201 km · Shah Amanat (CGP), 220 km
Stations
Kamalapur railway station, 2.7 km
  • Sylhet → Bailey Road, Dhaka
    196 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · ৳780–1,050
  • Chattogram (Chittagong) → Bailey Road, Dhaka
    214 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ৳800–1,060
  • Kolkata → Bailey Road, Dhaka
    247 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · ₹1,950–2,440
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bailey Road, Dhaka. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOld Dhaka has little of public transport infrastructure so cycle rickshaw is your best option.
  • Get aroundRickshaws and taxis are the main mode for getting around the rather chaotic streets of Old Dhaka.

From Wikivoyage: Dhaka/Old Dhaka, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

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  2. 02
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  4. 04
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  5. 05
    TawangIN

    7 ways of moving, 24 sources

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Bailey Road, Dhaka is 3 km from Dhaka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.