British Council

British Council is a government office in Ward - 57, DCC (Kotwali), Dhaka Division. British Council is situated nearby to Fuller Road Quarter Playground, Fuller Road, Dhaka, as well as near Salimullah Hall Mosque.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dhaka University Central Library and GREEK CENOTAPH.

Dhaka University Central Library

Library

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The Dhaka University Library is the central library of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, which started in 1921 with a collection of 18,000 books received from Dhaka College and Law College. Dhaka University Central Library is situated 500 metres northeast of British Council.

GREEK CENOTAPH

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Greeks were the last among European merchants to come to Bangladesh. They came to Bangladesh around the 18th century. They constructed a memorial in Dhaka. GREEK CENOTAPH is situated 550 metres east of British Council.

Gurdwara Nanak Shahi

Gurdwara

Gurdwara Nanak Shahi is the principal Sikh gurdwara, located in Nilkhet, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located at the campus of the University of Dhaka and considered to be the biggest of the 9 to 10 gurdwaras in the country. Gurdwara Nanak Shahi is situated 410 metres northeast of British Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Dhaka and Old Dhaka.

Central Dhaka

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Central Dhaka includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries.

Old Dhaka

Photo: Shmunmun, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Dhaka is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, it was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the Indian subcontinent, and the center of the worldwide muslin trade.

Paltan

Suburb

Paltan is a thana of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is often said to be the center of Dhaka, dividing "Old Dhaka" and "New Dhaka". Paltan was made a thana in 2005 by then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.

British Council

Type: Government office
Categories: office and government building
Location: Ward - 57, DCC (Kotwali), Dhaka District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.73071° or 23° 43′ 51″ north

Longitude

90.39119° or 90° 23′ 28″ east

Open location code

7MMGP9JR+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 264273674

OpenStreetMap feature

office=diplomatic

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