Kakrail
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Kakrail
কাকরাইল | |
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| Coordinates: 23°44′20″N 90°24′27″E / 23.73889°N 90.40750°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Dhaka District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal Code | 1000 |
Kakrail (Bengali: কাকরাইল) is a neighbourhood in Dhaka. It is under Ramna Thana and falls under the jurisdiction of Dhaka South City Corporation. Over time, Kakrail has grown into a mostly residential area, with apartment plots and schools, but subsequently, several NGOs and government offices have been set up there.
Historian Muntassir Mamoon theorized that Kakrail may be named after a British commissioner to Dacca, Cockerell. The name "Kakrail" could be a Bengali corruption of his name.[1]
History
As Dhaka expanded after the 1947 Partition of Bengal, Kakrail became a residential colony.[2]
A mosque in the area, the Kakrail Mosque, became the markaz (headquarters) of the Tablighi Jamaat in East Bengal. Their Bishwa Ijtema was held there annually starting in 1954.[3] The gathering was moved to Tongi in 1966 when it outgrew the Kakrail Mosque.[4]
Kakrail has become part of Dhaka's main central business district. It became an early site of hotel-centered prostitution. By 2005, it was also one of the main places in the city for streetwalking.[5]
A posterwallah interviewed by anthropologist Lotte Hoek named Kakrail as the second best place in the city for putting up film posters. A large number of potential moviegoers pass through its densely choked streets, and are forced to do so slowly enough that they ha
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