Farmgate Street Market | ফার্মগেট: Farmgate is a busy focal point in Dhaka City. It has been an important market area since Dhaka began to modernise. Bus, CNGs and rickshaws connect Farmgate to all important places in Dhaka City. It is, in short, a major communication hub for Dhaka.
Farm View, Shezan Point, Mahbub Plaza and many other multistoried modern shopping centres are located here as well as a large street market. This is one of the biggest street markets in Dhaka City and everyday large numbers of people gather in Farmgate to conduct business. They buy their necessary products and other commodities (which are usually cheap) in this street market. There are all kinds of cloths, toys, ladies’ and gents’ fashion products, electronic items, plastic items, crockery and all necessary things needed in family and personal life on sale here. Tea-stalls, restaurants, fast food outlets, juice shops, pan and cigarette shops and a number of hawkers are also found in this area all the time. Farmgate Street Market has a great significance for contemporary life of Dhaka City. The market starts at 7:00 AM and closes at 10:00 PM each day.
Beside the market there is a nice small park in this area, which is a good place for the wayfarers to rest and refresh and enjoy themselves.