Manik Mia Avenue

Manik Mia Avenue
Manik Mia Avenue
NamesakeManik Mia
TypeAvenue
Maintained byDhaka North City Corporation
Length0.95 km (0.59 mi)
LocationDhaka
East endIndira Road
West endMirpur Road

Manik Mia Avenue is a major road in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka that makes the south boundary of Bangladesh National Parliament House Complex and houses the official residences of many members of parliament.[1][2]

Description

The avenue is a major road at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. This avenue starts from Banglabsndhu Square popularly known as Khamar Bari Roundabout where it meets with Indira Road and Sansad Avenue and ends at Dhanmondi 27 Intersection where it junction with Mirpur Road and Road 27, Dhanmondi R/A .[3]

Before Dhaka City Corporation put dividers on the avenue, political parties used to hold public meetings here because of its wideness.[4]

The avenue is named after Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah editor of The Daily Ittefaq.[5]

Landscape

References

  1. ^ "Manik Mia Avenue". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  2. ^ "Barred from Manik Mia Avenue, visual artistes stage protest at Farmgate in rain". Prothom Alo. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. ^ "DNCC evict illegal shops from Manik Mia Avenue bicycle lane". The Business Standard. 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  4. ^ Hasan, Delwar (2016) [2012]. "মানিক মিয়া এভিন্যু" [Manik Mia Avenue]. Encyclopedia of Dhaka (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 328. ISBN 9789845120197.
  5. ^ "Who is the new cycle lane on Manik Mia for?". The Business Standard. 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  6. ^ "Public Works Department". ss.pwd.gov.bd. Retrieved 2024-10-19.


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