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The Shapla Square protests, also known as the siege of Dhaka, Operation Shapla, Operation Flash Out by security forces, [2] was the protests and subsequent shootings of 5 and 6 May 2013 at Shapla Square, located in the Motijheel district, the main financial area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [4]
Motijheel lies directly adjacent to Paltan and Segunbagicha. The Ramna area 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).
Shapla Square in Dhaka. Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily, the species Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain. [1]
On 5 February 2013, protests erupted in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in response to a International Crimes Tribunal's life imprisonment sentence for Abdul Quader Molla, a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader convicted of war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
The neighbourhood is one of the important areas of Dhaka featuring a large number of government and residential complexes. [5] It acts as a bridge between the major thanas of Ramna, Shahbagh, Dhanmondi, Paltan and Motijheel, and is located at the crossroads of Ramna, Shahbag and Paltan thanas.
City Centre Dhaka† 171 (561) 37 Motijheel 2012 Commercial: Tallest building in Bangladesh [2] [3] 2 The Pinnacle: 152 (499) 40 Tejgaon Industrial Area 2024 Commercial First 40-storey building in Dhaka, topped out. 3 Trade Intercontinental N/A 32 Tejgaon Industrial Area 2024 Mixed-use: 4 Sun Moon Star Tower 120 (394) 30 Motijheel 2019 Mixed ...
Sena Kalyan Bhaban is a 20-storied commercial building located at 195, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka on an area of 1.35 bighas of land. [2] Previously, on the same space there was a rest house for ex-armed forces personnel. The foundation stone of the 21-storied Sena Kalyan Bhaban was laid in April 1982. [3] Construction was completed in ...
Motijheel Thana — the central business and financial district and thana of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.