Attending Food Bangladesh International Expo?

Dhaka is extremely dense and traffic is the city's biggest daily challenge. The Metro Rail (MRT Line 6) runs fast and air-conditioned from Uttara North in the north to Motijheel in the central business district (about 35-40 min end to end) and is the quickest way along that corridor; for everything else, ride-hailing apps and hotel cars are easiest.

The Metro uses single-journey tickets from station machines or a rechargeable MRT Pass / Rapid Pass; for most visitors the Uber and Pathao apps are simpler door-to-door.

Skip flagging cars on the street; use a ride-hailing app for a fixed in-app fare, or arrange a car through your hotel. Green CNG auto-rickshaws are cheap for short hops — agree the fare or insist on the meter first. Cycle-rickshaws are everywhere for very short distances.

• Dhaka biryani & Bangladeshi grills — citywide · halal by default
• Old Dhaka food lanes (Chawkbazar / Nazira Bazar) — Old Dhaka · halal by default
• Hilsa (ilish) & Bengali fish dishes — citywide · halal
• International dining & cafes — Gulshan / Banani / Dhanmondi · halal by default

Approximate (Muslim World League method) — confirm locally on the day.

Old Dhaka

An unfinished 17th-century Mughal fort complex with a mosque, tomb and gardens — one of the city's best-known historic sites.

Old Dhaka (Buriganga riverfront)

The restored pink riverside palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka, now a museum overlooking the Buriganga River.

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Bangladesh's parliament building, a world-renowned modernist landmark designed by architect Louis Kahn — striking to view from the surrounding park.

Check the programme on the official event page and map out the zones you want to walk.

This event is aimed at: Halal certification bodies, Importers, distributors & wholesalers, Retail & procurement buyers, Halal trade buyers across South Asia.