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{{Short description|Shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}
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| image = Panthapath.jpg
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| caption = Bashundhara City Shopping Complex shopping centre on the left
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| coordinates = {{Coord|23|45|4.71|N|90|23|26.28|E|region:BD_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Panthapath]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| location = [[Panthapath]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| opening_date = 6 August 2004
| opening_date = 4 October 2004
| manager =
| manager =
| number_of_stores = 2325 shops including 100 [[food court]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=96 |title=Prime minister opens Basundhara City |website=Bashundhara Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191054/http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=96 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
| number_of_stores = 2,325 shops including 100 [[food court]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=96 |title=Prime minister opens Basundhara City |website=Bashundhara Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191054/http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=96 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
| number_of_anchors = 9
| number_of_anchors = 9
| parking = 500 cars
| parking = 500 cars
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| floors = Mall: 8<br />Office: 19
| public_transit = {{rint|dhaka|6}} [[Kawran Bazar metro station]]
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| website = {{URL|www.bashundhara-city.com}}
| floor_area = 17,763 m2 (191,200 sq ft)
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| floors = Mall: 8<br />Office: 19
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'''Bashundhara City''' ({{lang-bn|বসুন্ধরা সিটি}}) is a shopping mall in [[Dhaka]], and the second largest shopping mall in [[Bangladesh]]. Opened to the public on 6 August 2004, the mall located in [[Panthapath]], near [[Kawran Bazar]]. Bashundhara City is a 19 floor building complex covering an area of {{convert|17763|m2|abbr=on|}} comprising an 8 floor podium containing retail spaces, theme Park, cinemas, fitness club, swimming pool and food court with a 19-storey Corporate Office of [[Bashundhara Group]].
'''Bashundhara City''', often marketed as '''Bashundhara City Shopping Complex''' or '''Bashundhara City Shopping Mall,''' ({{langx|bn|বসুন্ধরা সিটি}}) is a shopping mall in [[Dhaka]]. The mall is located in [[Panthapath]], near [[Kawran Bazar]], and was opened to the public on 6 August 2004. The building complex is 19 stories tall and covers an area of {{convert|17763|m2|abbr=on|}}, making it the second largest shopping mall in [[Bangladesh]]. It is also one of the largest shopping malls in South Asia, with up to 50,000 visitors each day.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/683530 |title=Bashundhara City pulls in huge crowd |date=1 April 2023 |work=Daily Sun}}</ref>


The mall has space for 2,325 retail stores and cafeterias and has a large underground gymnasium, a [[Star Cineplex]] cinema, a top-floor food court, an ice skating rink, and a theme park. The fully air-conditioned shopping mall with rooftop gardens is considered a modern symbol of the emerging city of Dhaka. Bashundhara City is one of the largest shopping malls in South Asia: up to 50,000 people visit daily.<ref name="About Bashundhara City">{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundhara-city.com/about-city/ |title=About Bashundhara City |website=Bashundhara City |accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref>
The mall has space for 2,325 retail stores and cafeterias. It features a large underground gymnasium, a [[Star Cineplex]] cinema, a penthouse food court, an ice skating rink, a theme park, a fitness club, and a swimming pool. It also includes the 19-story corporate offices of the [[Bashundhara Group]].<ref name="About Bashundhara City">{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundhara-city.com/about-city/ |title=About Bashundhara City |website=Bashundhara City |access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>


It is designed by the principal architect [[Mustapha Khalid Palash]] and [[Mohammad Foyez Ullah]] of Vistaara.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bashundhara City |url=https://porzoton.com/bashundhara-city/ |url-status=live |website=PORJOTON |date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226062648/https://porzoton.com/bashundhara-city/ |archive-date=26 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bashundhara City |url=https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-projects/fcff/bashundara-city-project-pages.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=worldarchitecture.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408154804/http://worldarchitecture.org:80/architecture-projects/fcff/bashundara-city-project-pages.html |archive-date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
It is the first modern mall in the city, designed by the principal architect [[Mustapha Khalid Palash]] and Mohammad Foyez Ullah of Vistaara.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}


==Construction==
==Construction==
Construction started in 1998 under Shafiat Sobhan vice-chairman Bashundhara Group.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} The cost of the building was more than $100&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=91 |title=Bashundhara City, Bangladesh's first world-class shopping mall, awaits opening next month |date=18 July 2004 |website=Bashundhara Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191111/http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=91 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
Construction started in 1998 under Shafiat Sobhan, the vice-chairman of the Bashundhara Group.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} The cost of the building was more than US$100&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=91 |title=Bashundhara City, Bangladesh's first world-class shopping mall, awaits opening next month |date=18 July 2004 |website=Bashundhara Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191111/http://www.bashundharagroup.com/newsdetails.php?nsID=91 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>


==2009 fire==
==2009 fire==


On 13 March 2009, the top floors of the Bashundhara City complex caught on fire. The blaze started around 1:30&nbsp;pm, after Friday prayers, on one of the top floors.<ref name=bdnews>{{cite news |title=Bashundhara City turns towering inferno |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/03/13/bashundhara-city-turns-towering-inferno |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=13 March 2009}}</ref> Most of the offices were empty, as Friday is the first day of the weekend in Bangladesh. A security guard died as he jumped off the top of the building to escape the fire. Seventeen others were injured. The chief security officer of the building was rescued from the roof top by a [[Bangladesh Air Force]] Bell-212 helicopter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire hits Dhaka shopping center |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7941577.stm |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref>
On 13 March 2009, the top floors of the Bashundhara City complex caught on fire. The blaze started around 1:30&nbsp;pm, after Friday prayers, on one of the top floors.<ref name=bdnews>{{cite news |title=Bashundhara City turns towering inferno |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/03/13/bashundhara-city-turns-towering-inferno |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=13 March 2009}}</ref> Most of the offices were empty, as Friday is the first day of the weekend in Bangladesh. A security guard died as he jumped off the top of the building to escape the fire and seventeen other people were injured. The chief security officer of the building was rescued from the rooftop by a [[Bangladesh Air Force]] [[Bell 212]] helicopter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire hits Dhaka shopping center |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7941577.stm |work=BBC News |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref>


Later on the same day, reports stated the death of three more people – found in an [[elevator]] by a group of Fire Fighters. Fifty people were injured – most of them treated for smoke [[inhalation]]. The fire took six hours to be brought under control due to the [[Geography of Bangladesh#Climate|summer winds]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire kills 4 at vast Bangladesh shopping mall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fire-kills-4-at-vast-bangladesh-shopping-mall-1.851967 |work=CBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=13 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hossain |first=Farid |date=13 March 2009 |title=Fire at Bangladesh's Largest Mall Kills 7 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7074414 |work=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327153647/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7074414 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |accessdate=20 March 2009}}</ref> It attracted thousands of onlookers outside the complex from [[Panthapath]] to [[Hatirpool]], causing heavy traffic.<ref name=bdnews/>
Later that day, reports announced the deaths of three more people found in an elevator by a group of fire fighters and the number of injured people climbed to fifty. Most of the injuries were caused by [[smoke inhalation]]. The fire took six hours to be brought under control due to the strong [[Geography of Bangladesh#Climate|summer winds]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire kills 4 at vast Bangladesh shopping mall |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fire-kills-4-at-vast-bangladesh-shopping-mall-1.851967 |work=CBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=13 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hossain |first=Farid |date=13 March 2009 |title=Fire at Bangladesh's Largest Mall Kills 7 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7074414 |work=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327153647/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7074414 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> The city's mayor, [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], ordered all the [[Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defense|fire services]] in the capital to the scene and requested assistance from [[Bangladesh Army|army personnel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=One dead, 11 injured in shopping mall fire |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278386&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 |newspaper=Gulf Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=13 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327215103/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278386&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hossain |first=Farid |date=13 March 2009 |title=Fire at Bangladesh's largest mall kills 7 |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/03/13/8737711-ap.html |work=CNEWS |agency=Associated Press |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090327160647/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/03/13/8737711-ap.html |archive-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> The fire attracted thousands of onlookers outside the complex from [[Panthapath]] to [[Hatirpool]], causing heavy traffic.<ref name=bdnews/>


Minister of Home Affairs [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj|Tanjim Ahmad Sohel]] ordered a three-member committee to review the incident. He proclaimed the damaged was caused because of the lack of fire-protection equipment during the time of the incident.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Least 7 Dead in Bangladesh Mall Fire |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/world/main4863874.shtml |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |date=13 March 2009}}</ref> The city mayor, [[Sadeque Hossain Khoka]], ordered all the [[Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defense|fire services]] in the capital to the scene with 15 fire trucks, and ordered the [[Bangladesh Army|army personnel]] for their assistance.<ref>{{cite news |title=One dead, 11 injured in shopping mall fire |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278386&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 |newspaper=Gulf Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=13 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327215103/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278386&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 |archive-date=27 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hossain |first=Farid |date=13 March 2009 |title=Fire at Bangladesh's largest mall kills 7 |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/03/13/8737711-ap.html |work=CNEWS |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://archive.is/20090327160647/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/03/13/8737711-ap.html |archive-date=27 March 2009}}</ref>
The fire was extinguished after nearly ten hours. Most of the victims who died were employees, and most of the shoppers were unharmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire crews conquer Dhaka mall fire |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/200931314444011882.html |work=Al Jazeera English |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref> The mall was closed for two days and was once again opened to the public on 16 March. According to the mall authorities, damages reached [[Taka|Tk]]2&nbsp;billion (US$29m).<ref>{{cite news |title=Bashundhara mall to open to public tomorrow |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=15606 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316043406/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=15606 |archive-date=16 March 2009}}</ref> Minister of Home Affairs [[Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj|Tanjim Ahmad Sohel]] ordered a three-member committee to review the incident. He proclaimed the damage was caused due to the lack of fire-protection equipment during the time of the incident.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Least 7 Dead in Bangladesh Mall Fire |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-least-7-dead-in-bangladesh-mall-fire/ |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |date=13 March 2009}}</ref>

The fire was extinguished after nearly 10 hours. Most of the victims who died were employees; and most of the shoppers were unharmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fire crews conquer Dhaka mall fire |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/200931314444011882.html |work=Al Jazeera English |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=13 March 2009}}</ref> The mall was closed for two days and was once again opened to the public on 16 March. According to the mall authorities, damages reached [[Taka|Tk]]2&nbsp;billion (US$29m).<ref>{{cite news |title=Bashundhara mall to open to public tomorrow |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=15606 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316043406/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=15606 |archive-date=16 March 2009}}</ref>


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==See also==
==See also==
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{{Wikinews|Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City fire}}
* [[List of shopping malls in Bangladesh]]
* [[List of shopping malls in Bangladesh]]
* [[Architecture of Bangladesh]]
* [[Architecture of Bangladesh]]
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* [http://www.bashundhara-city.com Official webpage]
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* [http://bdesh.info/photos/default.asp?path=places/Dhaka/Bashundhara Bashundhara City Building and Construction Photos]
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 25 December 2024

Bashundhara City
Bashundhara City Shopping Complex shopping centre on the left
Map
General information
LocationPanthapath, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates23°45′4.71″N 90°23′26.28″E / 23.7513083°N 90.3906333°E / 23.7513083; 90.3906333
Opening4 October 2004
Technical details
Floor countMall: 8
Office: 19
Floor area17,763 m2 (191,200 sq ft)
Other information
Number of stores2,325 shops including 100 food courts.[1]
Number of anchors9
Parking500 cars
Public transit access MRT Line 6  Kawran Bazar metro station
Website
www.bashundhara-city.com

Bashundhara City, often marketed as Bashundhara City Shopping Complex or Bashundhara City Shopping Mall, (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা সিটি) is a shopping mall in Dhaka. The mall is located in Panthapath, near Kawran Bazar, and was opened to the public on 6 August 2004. The building complex is 19 stories tall and covers an area of 17,763 m2 (191,200 sq ft), making it the second largest shopping mall in Bangladesh. It is also one of the largest shopping malls in South Asia, with up to 50,000 visitors each day.[2]

The mall has space for 2,325 retail stores and cafeterias. It features a large underground gymnasium, a Star Cineplex cinema, a penthouse food court, an ice skating rink, a theme park, a fitness club, and a swimming pool. It also includes the 19-story corporate offices of the Bashundhara Group.[3]

It is designed by the principal architect Mustapha Khalid Palash and Mohammad Foyez Ullah of Vistaara.[4][5]

Construction

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Construction started in 1998 under Shafiat Sobhan, the vice-chairman of the Bashundhara Group.[citation needed] The cost of the building was more than US$100 million.[6]

2009 fire

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On 13 March 2009, the top floors of the Bashundhara City complex caught on fire. The blaze started around 1:30 pm, after Friday prayers, on one of the top floors.[7] Most of the offices were empty, as Friday is the first day of the weekend in Bangladesh. A security guard died as he jumped off the top of the building to escape the fire and seventeen other people were injured. The chief security officer of the building was rescued from the rooftop by a Bangladesh Air Force Bell 212 helicopter.[8]

Later that day, reports announced the deaths of three more people found in an elevator by a group of fire fighters and the number of injured people climbed to fifty. Most of the injuries were caused by smoke inhalation. The fire took six hours to be brought under control due to the strong summer winds.[9][10] The city's mayor, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, ordered all the fire services in the capital to the scene and requested assistance from army personnel.[11][12] The fire attracted thousands of onlookers outside the complex from Panthapath to Hatirpool, causing heavy traffic.[7]

The fire was extinguished after nearly ten hours. Most of the victims who died were employees, and most of the shoppers were unharmed.[13] The mall was closed for two days and was once again opened to the public on 16 March. According to the mall authorities, damages reached Tk2 billion (US$29m).[14] Minister of Home Affairs Tanjim Ahmad Sohel ordered a three-member committee to review the incident. He proclaimed the damage was caused due to the lack of fire-protection equipment during the time of the incident.[15]

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  • Dome of Bashundhara City Mall.
    Dome of Bashundhara City Mall.
  • Dome of Bashundhara City Shopping Complex
    Dome of Bashundhara City Shopping Complex
  • Interior of Bashundhara City Mall.
    Interior of Bashundhara City Mall.
  • Blaze at The Bashundhara City March 2009 Fire.
    Blaze at The Bashundhara City March 2009 Fire.
  • At night.
    At night.
  • Interior.
    Interior.
  • The Dome at night.
    The Dome at night.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Prime minister opens Basundhara City". Bashundhara Group. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Bashundhara City pulls in huge crowd". Daily Sun. 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ "About Bashundhara City". Bashundhara City. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Bashundhara City". PORJOTON. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Bashundhara City". worldarchitecture.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Bashundhara City, Bangladesh's first world-class shopping mall, awaits opening next month". Bashundhara Group. 18 July 2004. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Bashundhara City turns towering inferno". bdnews24.com. 13 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Fire hits Dhaka shopping center". BBC News. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Fire kills 4 at vast Bangladesh shopping mall". CBC News. Associated Press. 13 March 2009.
  10. ^ Hossain, Farid (13 March 2009). "Fire at Bangladesh's Largest Mall Kills 7". ABC News. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  11. ^ "One dead, 11 injured in shopping mall fire". Gulf Times. Agence France-Presse. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  12. ^ Hossain, Farid (13 March 2009). "Fire at Bangladesh's largest mall kills 7". CNEWS. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Fire crews conquer Dhaka mall fire". Al Jazeera English. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  14. ^ "Bashundhara mall to open to public tomorrow". The Daily Star. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009.
  15. ^ "At Least 7 Dead in Bangladesh Mall Fire". CBS News. Associated Press. 13 March 2009.

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