Banani Lake is a lake in
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, bordering
Banani,
Gulshan,
Korail Adarsha Nagar, and
Mohakhali Mohakhali is a neighborhood of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh.
Events
Korail Slum
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History
Following the
July 2016 Dhaka attack
On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana. The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages ...
, the government imposed a ban on boats in the lake because of security concerns. The lake has faced encroachment from the Karail area. The lake borders the largest slum, Korail, and the posh neighborhood of Gulshan.
References
Lakes in Dhaka city
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