Shishu Park ( bn, শিশু পার্ক), Alternatively known as Shahid Zia Shishu Park (Bengali: ), is the only public sector children's amusement park loacated in

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. Swings, slides and relics of the past
Probe News Magazine; ''Retrieved: 2007-12-10'' Established in 1979 on of land, it is the first children's amusement park in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন করপোরেশন) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh, tasked to promote the tourism Tourism is tra ...

, the government-owned tourism promotion agency in Bangladesh, it is maintained by then

Dhaka City Corporation Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) was the former self-governing corporation that was entrusted with the task of administering the municipal affairs of Dhaka. The incorporated area was divided into several wards. Each ward has an elected ward commissio ...

and now

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as its only

entertainment park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...

since 1983. The 12 rides of the park include including a wheel train, a merry-go-round and a number of wheel-based rides.

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donated a fighter jet in 1992. The cheapest of all entertainment parks in Dhaka, charging BDT 10.00 for entry and 10.00 for each ride, it draws about 6,000 visitors a day. During the

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holidays the number of visitors reach up to 350 thousands. The City Corporation earns about BDT 200 million annually from the park. The park is open Monday through Thursday and Saturday from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. On Fridays, it is open from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Due to lack of maintenance the rides have deteriorated in condition. As of 2007, a City Corporation plan to revamp the park for BDT 9 billion waits for approval of the Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development. The plan includes an expansion of the area to and adding 16 new rides besides reinstalling the old rides. Now it is closed for modernisation and renovation works.Shishu Park closed for a year for modernisation, New Age, 20 January 2019
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Dhaka Shishu Park renovation (February 2021)

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Parks in Dhaka Amusement parks in Bangladesh {{Dhaka-geo-stub