Banani is a part of Ward No. 19 in Banani Thana,

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 ...

, Bangladesh.

Geography

Banani Model Town is located at . It has a lake called

Banani Lake Banani Lake is a lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, bordering Banani, Gulshan, Korail Adarsha Nagar, and Mohakhali. History Following the July 2016 Dhaka attack On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, five militants took hostages and ope ...

. Korail slum is located on the border of Banani.

History

In November 2016

Dhaka North City Corporation Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) or Dhaka Uttar City Corporation was created as an autonomous body that governs 54 northern wards of Dhaka to better manage local services, but has since added new areas. It is one of two municipal corporations ...

demolished the home of former

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Abdul Monem Khan Abdul Monem Khan (28 July 1899 – 13 October 1971) was a Pakistani politician who was the longest serving governor of East Pakistan during 1962–1969. Early life and education Khan was born in Humayunpur village of Bajitpur Upazila, Kishoreg ...

. In 2019, 19 were killed in the

FR Tower fire On 28 March 2019, the FR Tower Fire broke out on the eighth floor of the 22-storey FR Tower in the commercial Banani area of Dhaka, Bangladesh around 1:00 pm BST. It caused 25 deaths and more than 70 others were injured. Duronto TV and Radio Tod ...

Population

According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, the population of Banani was 24,718.http://203.112.218.65:8008/Census2011/Dhaka/Dhaka/Dhaka_C01.pdf Banani Lake, Dhaka

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References

Populated places in Dhaka Division Planned cities in Bangladesh {{Dhaka-geo-stub