Banani DOHS also known as "Old DOHS", is a neighborhood of

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, located in Banani. It was created under the Defense Officers Housing Scheme (DOHS) scheme of the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

. The neighborhood falls under the Jurisdiction of Bhashantek Police Station. The area is governed by the DOHS parishad.

Notable places

* Banani(Old) DOHS Mosque. * Banani DOHS Community Centre. *

Old DOHS Sports Club Old DOHS Sports Club is a team that plays List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier League in Bangladesh in 2014–15 and 2019–20. The sports club is based at the Defense Officers Housing Society estate (known as "Old DOHS" or " Banani DOHS") in the s ...

- a professional football club based in the area.

Notable residents

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Muhammed Zafar Iqbal ( bn, মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; ; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist & former professor of computer science and engineering and former he ...

-writer, activist, and university professor. * Majid-ul-Haq-Army general and former government minister. *

Mosaddek Ali Falu Mohammad Mosaddak Ali (born 7 April 1960), also known as Phalu, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and a politician who was a former parliamentarian from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister ...

-Politician and Businessman. * Wasfia Nazreen- Bangladeshi woman mountaineer. *

Tamim Iqbal Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the nephew of former Bangladesh skipper Akram Khan, the current chief selector of ...

- Bangladeshi cricketer.

References

Neighbourhoods in Dhaka Dhaka DOHSes in Dhaka {{Dhaka-geo-stub