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Tejgaon Thana

Tejgaon is a thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Tejgaon Thana
Tejgaon Thana · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Tejgaon is a thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is in the centre of Dhaka, the capital. In 2006, the boundaries of the thana were redrawn when Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana was created out of the former larger area and again in 2009, when Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana was created.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tejgaon Thana

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.

    3.4 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.

    4.4 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.

    1.3 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.

    4.7 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.

    4.6 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.

    2.9 km · 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.

    6.3 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'.

    4.6 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.

    4.8 km · higher secondary and degree college in Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

    The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground at Mirpur, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Located 10 kilometres from the city centre, the ground holds approximately 25,000 people and is named after the Bengali statesman A. K. Fazlul Huq, who was accorded the title Sher-e-Bangla.

    5.6 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tejgaon Thana

Airports
Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 9 km · Osmany (ZYL), 200 km · Shah Amanat (CGP), 223 km
Stations
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, 9.1 km · Kamalapur railway station, 5.2 km · Tejgaon Airport, 1.9 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tejgaon Thana

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 Tejgaon Thana. 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.

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  2. 02
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Around it

Next door to Tejgaon Thana

Tejgaon Thana is 3 km from Kafrul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Dhakacapital and largest city of Bangladesh3.9 km
  • Dhaka Districtdistrict of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division1.7 km
  • Armanitolaan area in the old city of Dhaka5.7 km