View: Gulshan 2

Gulshan 2

Gulshan 2

Gulshan tower	PLB tower
Gulshan 2	Baridhara lake (Mariam Tower)

Gulshan-2, towards Baridhara

Baridhara-Gulshan lake (south)

Banani-Gulshan lake (north)

For more pictures of Gulshan area:
Gulshan-2
Gulshan-1 and Mohakhali

Zia-Uddyan (garden) and film shooting

View of Crescent lake north of Parliament building, SB Nagar

Bridge connecting the Parliament building and Zia-Uddyan (garden)

Weeping Willow trees lined up the lake

Spot for recreation

Curious crowd watching shooting of film - "Pati Shakti"

Popular lead actor 'Ferdous' preparing for action

There he goes - shot okayed

Visitors crossing over bridge

A good place for promenade

Tiny tot and family strolling around

Garden laid in graphical pattern


Museum and Masjid at Zia- Uddyan

Grave chamber of late President Zia-ur Rahman

View from south

Zia's grave inside chamber viewed from north. The bridge and Parliament building roof seen in the background.
(for pictures of Parliament building, Zia Uddyan and Crescent Lake at night, see Dhaka city - by night)

More of Tall buildings, Dhaka

Green road apartments

North of BB Stadium

Walso Tower apartments, Paribagh

Renovated Baitul Mukarram shopping centre and high Minaret tower

Golf height, Airport road

View of Road 27, Dhanmondi Residential Area

Bank buildings facing Dilkusha Avenue, Motijheel

Dilkusha avenue, Motijheel

Panthapath Avenue commercial building

PetroBangla, Karwanbazar	Commercial building, Dilkusha Avenue
Janata Bank building - 24 storey, Motijheel C/A	Planners Tower, Sonargaon Extn. road
Eunoos Tower-24 storey, Motijheel C/A	Jiban Bima tower, Motijheel C/A
UTC Tower, Panthapath	Square Hospital, Panthapath

Dhaka City Centre building, a 37 storey commercial building with 9 floors for car park and helipad on top is under construction at Motijheel C/A, and it would be the tallest building of Dhaka when completed.

Dhaka's Spiderman or death trap!

Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi

Mohakhali (pic Daily Star) commercial area

TMC building, New Eskaton Road

West Tejtoribazar, Dhaka

Picture of 'mechanical cradle' used in highrise buildings in western countries

The photos showing workers hanging dangerously on rope and bamboo ladder on high-rise structures risking their lives are a common sight in Bangladesh. Many poor workers die every year falling from heights and many more are seriously injured. In advanced countries, mechanical ‘cradles’ and ‘mobile elevated work platforms’ are provided in any highrise structure to workers to work on exterior plaster, painting, window cleaning etc. But, such equipments are hardly provided by the builders here. The poor labourers are forced to work on ropes and bamboos with skills of ‘Spiderman’.

The tragic fire of BSEC bldg. Karwanbazar should be a wake-up call for everyone and the authority should force the builders to provide standard safety devices for the labours working at great height.

Inferno at Karwanbazar and spectacular rescue efforts on 26 Feb 07

BSEC bldg. at Karwanbazar (pic credit daily star)