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Chandni Chowk ( bn, চাঁদনি চক) or Chandni Chowk Shopping Complex is one of markets 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 Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It is situated in
Mirpur Road Mirpur Road is a long north–south road connecting the northern part of Mirpur and Dhaka University campus. This is one of the major roads in Dhaka. Mirpur road runs through Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi. the main intersections of Mirpur ro ...
, near to
New Market New Market may refer to: Bangladesh *New Market, Dhaka *New Market, Khulna, in Sonadanga Model Thana *New Market, Chittagong, near Government City College, Chittagong India * New Market, Bhopal *New Market, Kolkata Jamaica *New Market, Jama ...
. This market area is under
New Market Thana New Market is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. New Market and Chandni Chowk is situated in this thana area. See also * New Market, Dhaka New Market () is a commercial shopping market in north of Azimpur, Dhaka. I ...
. It is closed on Tuesdays of the week. The market, which has 1,200 shops, sells a variety of products including clothes, jewellery and shoes. It is popular for buying and selling products on the occasion of Eid. The incident of
Eve teasing Eve (; ; ar, حَوَّاء, Ḥawwāʾ; el, Εὕα, Heúa; la, Eva, Heva; Syriac: romanized: ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the ...
in the market on March 24, 2018 was criticized in the country. On October 21, 2020, a building of Chandni Chowk caught fire.


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