Shopping in Dhaka

Dhaka is a shopper's paradise! Traditional Dhakai Sharee, local handicrafts, gold and silver ornaments, branded items, everything is available throughout the city at reasonable prices. There are a huge number of shopping mall in the city to serve nearly 2 crore people of this city.

Some of the very well knows shopping malls are: Bashundhara City, Mouchak Market, New Market, Eastern Plaza, Hatirpool, Nahar Plaza, atirpool, Mutalib Plaza, Hatirpool, Karnafuly City Garden, Shantinagar, Eastern Plus, Shantinagar, Riffles Square, Jigatala, Eastern Mallika, Old Elephant Road, Twin City Corcord Shopping Complex, Chamelibag, Metro Shopping Mall, Mirpur Road, Rapa Plaza, Mirpur Road, Orchid Point, Mirpur Road, Alpona Plaza, New Elephant Road, Multiplan Center, New Elephant Road, Bishal Centre, Moghbazar, Baitul Mukarram Market, Gulistan, Stadium Market, Gulistan, Navana Shopping Center, Gulshan-1, Rajluxmi Complex, Uttara, Royal Plaza, Uttara, Rajmoni Ishakha Shopping Complex, Kakrail, Capital Market, Mirpur Road, BCS Computer City, Aagargaon, Palwel Super Market, Noya Paltan, Farmview Super Market, Farmget, Mascot Plaza, Uttara, Home Delivery Online, Uttara, Polwel Carnation, Uttara, Pink City, Gulshan-2, City Corporation Market, Gulshan-1, DCC Market, Gulshan-2, Police Plaza Concord, Gulshan Avenue, North Tower, Uttara, RAK Tower, Uttara, Grand Plaza, Mogbazar.

Among these malls, some places are extremely favorite the among the foreigners living in Dhaka and visitors who are on short visit to Dhaka. These are:
 

Banga Bazar:

This is an extremely favourite places for shopping for the foreigners living in Dhaka. This market is full of cheap ready-made garments, which are produced in the local garments factories for export. It is located just a block west of Gulistan bus ­station and on the south-east corner of Curzon Hall of the Dhaka University. Some of the clothes may have small flaws but most of them are over-runs.

New Market:

Another well-known and favourite market is the Government New Market. You can find almost anything in this market including books, maps, electrical items, kitchen items, cutlaries, ready-made garments, saris, ornaments, shoes, household items, and groceries. Ready-made salwar kameez (a long dress-like tunic worn by women over baggy trousers) and other local dresses are sold at a very cheap rate. This market is located at the Nilkhet area near the Elephant Road.

Aarong

Aarong is the biggest brand in quality handicrafts in Bangladesh. It is the retail branch of the world famous NGO, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee). BRAC aims to create employment for economically and socially marginalized people of Bangladesh by producing quality handicrafts and selling them through their own outlets located in many parts of the country and the most well-known branches are located at Lalmatia (near Dhanmondi and the National Parliament house), Gulshan and Chittagong.