Niketan
Niketan or Niketon also known as Niketan Residential Area, Gulshan or Niketan Housing Society is an upscale residential neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Niketan or Niketon also known as Niketan Residential Area, Gulshan or Niketan Housing Society is an upscale residential neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Niketan is also a part of Gulshan Thana and Ward No. 20 of Dhaka North City Corporation.
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Worth seeing in and around Niketan
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.
- 01Jatiya 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.
3.7 km · national assembly building of Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 02Dhaka Central University
Dhaka Central University is a public federal university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established through the merger of seven prominent government colleges in the capital city.
3.9 km · Public University in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 03National Library of Bangladesh
The National Library of Bangladesh is the legal depository of all new books and other printed materials published in Bangladesh under the copyright law of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1973, but it traces its origins back to 1967, before the Bangladesh Liberation War and its independence.
3.9 km · national library · Wikipedia - 04Bangladesh Army Stadium
The Bangladesh Army Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and hosts the home sport matches of the Bangladesh Army.
3.5 km · multi-use stadium · Wikipedia - 05Bashundhara City
Bashundhara City, often marketed as Bashundhara City Shopping Complex or Bashundhara City Shopping Mall, is a shopping mall in Dhaka. The mall is located in Panthapath, near Karwan Bazar, and was opened to the public on 6 August 2004.
3.4 km · shopping mall · Wikipedia - 06Habibullah Bahar College
Habibullah Bahar College is a college in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3.8 km · private college of Dhaka · Wikipedia - 07Novo Theatre, Dhaka
Novotheatre, Dhaka is a planetarium on Bijoy Sarani Avenue of Tejgaon area in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2.8 km · planetarium in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 08Gulshan Society Mosque
The Gulshan Society Mosque, also called Gulshan Society Jame Masjid, is a mosque in Gulshan, a neighbourhood in Dhaka. It was planned by Kashef Chowdhury and completed in 2017 for Gulshan Society.
2.9 km · mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia - 09Navana Tower
Navana Tower is a high-rise located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located in Gulshan, one of the central business districts of the metropolis.
800 m · mixed use building in Gulshan Avenue, Circle · Wikipedia - 10Shree Shree Siddheswari Kalimandir
The Siddheshwari Kali Mandir is a Hindu temple located at 14 Siddheshwari Lane in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established in the year 1441 CE. It is known that the name of Siddheshwari has come from the temple's name. It is estimated that someone called Chand Rai established this temple.
3.4 km · Hindu temple in Bangladesh · Wikipedia
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Getting to Niketan
- Airports
- Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 8 km · Osmany (ZYL), 198 km · Shah Amanat (CGP), 222 km
- Stations
- Tejgaon Airport, 3 km · Agargaon metro station, 3.3 km · Farmgate metro station, 3.1 km · Karwan Bazar metro station, 3.2 km · Banani railway station, 2.6 km
- Sylhet → Niketan50 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · ৳200–265
- Chattogram (Chittagong) → Niketan10 km · quickest by road, 31 min · ৳70–95
- Kolkata → Niketan5 km · quickest by road, 18 min · ₹46–55
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Niketan
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 Niketan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Niketan
Niketan is 4 km from Kafrul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dhaka Districtdistrict of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division3.5 km
- Tejgaon Thanahuman settlement in Bangladesh2.7 km
- Mohakhalineighborhood in Dhaka900 m
- Banani (neighbourhood)Upscale neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh2.4 km
- BanasreeResidential area of Dhaka2.8 km