Basabo

Basabo
বাসাবো
Neighbourhood
Basabo Playground
Basabo Playground
Map
Coordinates (Basabo–Madartek road): 23°44′25″N 90°25′50″E / 23.74028°N 90.43056°E / 23.74028; 90.43056
CountryBangladesh
CityDhaka
MunicipalityDhaka South City Corporation
ThanaSabujbagh Thana
Government
 • MPsSaber Hossain Chowdhury (Awami League)
Time zoneUTC+6

Basabo or Bashabo (Bengali: বাসাবো) is a neighbourhood in Sabujbagh Thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is encompassed by Dhaka South City Corporation wards 4 and 5.[1] The area is administered under the Dhaka-9 constituency[2] of the Jatiya Sangsad and is divided into North Basabo, South Basabo, East Basabo, West Basabo, and Middle Basabo.[1]

The neighbourhood, located east of Kamalapur railway station on Atish Dipankar Road,[3] is intersected by Basabo–Madartek road and Basabo Buddha Mandir road.[4][5]

In 2020, Basabo was identified as one of the most affected areas in Dhaka during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

  1. ^ a b "ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটি কর্পোরেশন এর অন্তর্গত অঞ্চল, ওয়ার্ড ও মহল্লা" [Regions, Wards and Mohallas under Dhaka South City Corporation] (PDF). Dhaka South City Corporation (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ "ঢাকা-৯ আসনে উৎসাহ-উদ্দীপনায় ভোটগ্রহণ" [Voting underway with enthusiasm in Dhaka-9 constituency]. Dainikbangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. ^ Abdussalam, Mohammad (June 2012). বাসাবো [Basabo]. In Ahmed, Sharif Uddin; Hasan, Delwar; Majlish, Najma Khan; Rabbani, AKM Golam (eds.). Encyclopedia of Dhaka ঢাকা কোষ (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 300. ISBN 978-984-512-019-7.
  4. ^ "বাসাবো বৌদ্ধ মন্দির সড়কের ২৫ অবৈধ স্থাপনা উচ্ছেদ" [25 illegal structures demolished on Bashabo Buddha Mandir Road]. Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "ভোগান্তির সড়ক বাসাবো-মাদারটেক" [Bashabo-Madartek, the road of suffering] (in Bengali). Channel i. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus: Mirpur, Bashabo mostly affected areas in city". Daily Sun. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.