Bashundhara City Shopping Mall (Dhaka)

Bangladesh / Dhaka / Dhaka / West panthopath

Bashundhara City (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা সিটি) is a shopping mall located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The owners claim it to be the largest shopping centre in South Asia, and the 12th largest in the world. Opened to the public on 6 August 2004, the mall is located at Panthapath, near Karwan Bazar, in Dhaka city. Bashundhara City is 21 stories tall, of which 8 are used for the mall and the remaining floors are used as the corporate headquarters of the Bashundhara Group.

The mall has space for 2,500 retail stores and cafeterias and also possesses a large underground gymnasium, a multiplex styled movie theater and top floor food court along with an indoor theme park. The fully air-conditioned shopping mall with rooftop gardens is considered a modern symbol of the emerging city of Dhaka.
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Coordinates:   23°45'4"N   90°23'26"E

Comments

  • well not anymore ... soon it'd be the 2nd largest (in south asia) when the construction of Jamuna Shopping Mall will be completed. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=23.813057&lon=90.424009&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2
  • JOTILBABA U SAID IT WILL BE, BUT IT STILL IS..
  • Caught fire March 13, 2009
  • I didn't see the fire...
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