Bashundhara Mega Mall, Dhaka, Bangladesh | বসুন্ধরা মেগা মল: Bashundhara Mega Mall is the biggest shopping market in South Asia. It is regarded in Dhaka as an ultra modern shopping centre, situated on Panthapath, a major thoroughfare of Dhaka City. This modern shopping mall emerged from a project to provide Bangladeshis with a similar quality shopping experience to those experienced in the west. Approximately 25 000 customers and visitors visit this market each day. The market has a strong security system and is furnished with all the latest consumer facilities.
The Bashundhara City is a twenty-one storied building designed by architect Dr. Md. Foyjullah in 2004. The famous Bashundhara Group of Companies founded the market.
The first eight floors are used as a shopping centre and the rest of the floors are used for corporate office space by leading companies and business organizations. Cell phone and electronics shops dominate the ground floor, whereas floors one through six are used by a diverse range of retail outlets selling fashion wear, jewelry, fashion products, toys, CD-VCDs and many other products. A number of fast food shops are in the food court on the seventh floor. The main clients for the fast food outlets are young couples whose main purpose for coming to the mall seems to be to chatter and flirt in a free environment.
There is a also a modern and luxurious Cine Plex in the market. It specialises in first releases, exhibiting the global films that are also screened in the west. Furthermore, there is also a kid’s playing place on the seventh floor called “Toggi” that attracts the children of rich families.
Wednesday is the holiday of this up-market shopping market. On other days it opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 9:00 PM. regularly.