We all love to do shopping. Especially the women can pass all day long doing buying things and roaming for getting the right thing. There are many places in Dhaka where you can get various types of products at your desired price. Among the markets, New Market is maybe the most popular.
People search for dresses for daily life, young girls want cosmetics and pieces of jewelry, School going teenagers try to find out fashionable Bags and shoes, housemakers need raw vegetables, plastic, and steel utensils for the kitchen, grown-up men look for shirts and lungis, etc. Almost all type of these is found in different corners of the New Market.
What Is A New Market?
It may be a regular shop or maybe a temporary shop on the footpath, for buying products at cheap cost, a place like Newmarket is difficult to be found. Many people come from distant corner of our country to buy things from New Market.
New Market is a local market mainly situated north of Azimpur, Dhaka. If you try to reach a new market first you may find Dhaka College. New Market and Dhaka college both are beside the meeting point of Mirpur road and Nilkhet. Every taxi and autorickshaw Drivers of Dhaka city knows the place, this market. So, by catching a bus or vehicle, you may easily find Newmarket.
The new market has three gates named manually by gate numbers 1,2 and 3. It is the market of triangular shape and the green tower of the New market mosque is seen from outside although the market is surrounded by a wall. Moreover, many years have passed, New market is still a one-storeyed building. The area is nowadays is known for the transient shops beside the roads where you will get several things, almost everything someone can imagine buying from a local market.
Details Of Dhaka New Market Off Day?
The traditional off Day of Dhaka New market is Tuesday. As Tuesday is in the middle of the day. They also remain closed in the national holidays like 21st February, 26th March, 16th December, etc.
If anyhow you reach New market in the off day, no need to worry. because some of the shops are still open for sale especially the footpath ones. I have already mentioned before that recently the market has gained popularity for the roadside things in cheap price.
During the Corona pandemic, the government has declared lockdown everywhere and so new markets, as well as all other markets, have to remain closed for a long time. To compensate themselves for the loss, the businessperson had agreed to open the market for all days of the week at that time.
Targeting various festivals like in the time of Eid and Pooja and another festival like Pahela Baisakh (14th April, First day of Bengali calendar), Shahid dibos or Bijoy Dibos, etc New Market is seen to be open a few weeks before that festival.
One other thing to remember, the shops in the market open after 10 am in normal time. If you are an early bird, don’t think that the market is closed that day, just wait and you will see them bloom around 11 am.
| Shopping Center & Market | Full Off Day | Half Off Day | Operation Time |
| Dhaka New Market | Tuesday | Wednesday | Weekly- 10 am to 8 pm Half-Day- 10 am to 2 pm |
FAQs- Frequently Asked Questions.
What is the address of the New Market?
The market is so popular that everyone knows it by its name. It does not need any separate address. In case you need it for some reason, You may call it New market in Azimpur as it is in that area. The local police station is also known as New Market Thana.
Why is Dhaka’s New Market Famous?
Dhaka’s new market is famous for two reasons. First, there are so many kinds of products for people of all ages, from socks to hats, from dresses to shoes, from kitchen things to decoration pieces, from wedding shopping to Magazines all are available there. Another important thing that has increased its popularity is all things cost less expensive than any other place in the city.
Conclusion:
Here we provided all the information about the new market. Most of the time the market is crowded and you have little space. We hope for a Happy Shopping Day in New Market.
