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Kamalapur Railway Station is the central railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the largest railway station of the country, however the most important terminal for communication between Dhaka and whole Bangladesh. It is also one of the most modern and striking buildings in Dhaka designed by American architect Robert Boughey. Kamalapur railway station situated in the north-east side of Motijheel.

Architectural Value

Kamalapur railway station was built by Robet Bouighy and it reflects his own way of style. It is an architectural marvel with lotus-shaped shell structure covering the functional buildings like an umbrella and thus unifying all various spaces beneath it. Robert Boughey was among the five American professors of architecture who used to teach at BUET when it opened the program in 1962. There are some 21 ticket counters and we can buy all local tickets from 20 ticket counters and we can even buy tickets to go to India and its ticket counter is different. There are 2 waiting rooms and one for first class and another for second class passengers. There are 8 platforms and we can find 2 restaurants in front of the ticket counters and there are also some fast food shops near the ticket counters. It was only a meter-gauge car serving station even one year back but now (from 2008) both meter-gauge and broad-gauge trains can operate from here.

Present condition

When it was built it was maintained very carefully, but slowly time passed and it lost its previous condition. Every day it is like almost 50 trains allots from here to different cities in Bangladesh. There are 47 local trains, 28 express trains and 24 inter city trains. To help the general people there are lots of security guards, station masters and station manager. Every day there are thousands of people who come across the station and travel throughout the country. Usually we can use this trains to go to any part of the country except Borisal, Potuakhali. We can now also go to India direct from this station. The platforms always remain populated whether it is night or day. We will find people all the time and they all are seen in rush and hurry. We will come across so many pickpockets, beggars and hijackers at the station. In the night it is so difficult to move from here and there as there is a risk of our life. Though lots of guards, police and rabs are seen outside the station to control the situation but still there are some risks. In front of Kamalapur railway station, there is Pir Jongi’s Majar (a famous shrine). Kamalapur station looks very crowded during the time of train. Taxi, auto rickshaw, rickshaw, private car and many more vehicle are gathered in front of station. Centering on the Kamalapur Railway station, a huge floating market establish in this area. However there is small tea stall and small shops where the product which is necessary during journey are available. This open air markets generally available booklets, bread, mineral water, dry food, juice, t-shirt, napkins, cigarettes, etc. As there reality the station is the sleeping place for the homeless people. It is true there is floating prostitution with high risk of AIDS. However the station is playing important role in commerce of Motijheel area.Source:wikipedia.com

Note from Shubho Salateen:It was a hot evening in June,18,2009.I took my digial camera and went to wari for visiting the historical Baldha Garden.The Baldha Garden is surrounded by the tall wall.When I entered through the gate,I noticed the guide map of Baldha Garden.It was green everywhere....and I was curious to rare trees...plants

"Lord Grant me Infinite love and light and end my endless Journey"

            A rare tree-Beaucarnea Recurvata(Poni tail palm)
                           Growin plants in a green house
                                              The Sundial



                                              Sankhanidhi pond

Baldah Garden: a botanical garden located at Wari in the old part of the city of Dhaka.

                                                   Location Map

It is one of the oldest botanical gardens established in this part of Bengal by a private individual. The naturalist, philanthropist and poet Narendra Narayan Roy Chaudhury, landlord of the Estate of Baldah, established the garden on his own property in 1909. It is divided into two units. The larger unit is named Cybele after the Greek nature goddess of fertility. It is roughly rectangular, with the northern side slightly cutting a corner, and measures about 136 metres in length and 76 metres in width. The smaller unit, Psyche meaning 'soul', is approximately 100 metres long and 45 metre wide. Chaudhury passionately enriched the garden with rare plant species collected from different parts of the world until his death in 1943, when further expansion of the garden came to a halt. This situation continued until 1962, when the garden was handed over to the government of East Pakistan and the Forestry Department took charge of managing the garden. After the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, the Department of Forestry of the new government began to work with renewed vigour for its improvement, with the result that most of its past glory has now been restored with the addition of two new greenhouses and modernisation of civil amenities inside the garden. The Baldah Garden is now managed as a satellite unit of the National Botanical Garden by the Department of Forestry. 

The collection of the garden is classified into seven categories - orchids, cacti, conservatory plants, aquatic plants, roses, rockery and wall plants, arboretum, and miscellaneous flora. The garden has about 15,000 plants representing 672 species. Many of these are exotic and rare plants; perhaps the richest collection of exotic plants in the country is housed in the Baldah Garden. The flora of the garden represents collections from over 50 different countries. The garden has among its attractions the 'century plant' which is believed to flower only once in a hundred years, and was seen in bloom a few years back. The Adansonia digitata tree which adorns the garden is historical. Central African aborigines used to seal their deads in holes dug into the cavity of the tree in order to mummify the body long before the days of the Pharaohs.

There is a big sundial in the Cybele unit of the garden which shows the time of the day with precision on sunny days and is still a surprise attraction to the visitors, particularly children. To enjoy the floristic beauty of the garden a rest house-cum amphitheatre, called the Joy House, was built in the garden. It has been visited by many celebrities, including the poet Tagore whose poem 'Camelia', a plant introduced from Japan, was actually written while he was staying in the Joy House. The Psyche unit of the garden houses several varieties of the aquatic plant Nymphea pubescens, the national flower of Bangladesh which is called 'shapla' in Bangla, maintained in a section of the garden known as the 'Shapla House'. The rose garden in Cybele is famous throughout the subcontinent for its rich collection of roses. One of the two greenhouses has rich collections of orchids, aroids and conservatory plants. The Baldah Garden, although relatively small in size, is an exciting place for naturalists and tourists to visit. source:Banglapedia


 

I have been waiting a long for your mercy( J'ai attendu longtemps pour ta miséricorde)

In the search for an unknown bird(Dans la recherche d'un oiseau inconnu)

In a cool winter morning(Dans un froid matin d'hiver)

A village hat in winter(Un marché de village en hiver)

Winter landscape( Paysage d'hiver)

Leafless trees in a winter morning( Feuilles des arbres dans un matin d'hiver)

Bite of time( Bite de temps)

Leafless tree(Feuilles des arbres)

Mist is all around me(Mist est tout autour de moi)

Flag seller near Central Shahid Minar( Drapeau du vendeur à proximité de Central Shahid Minar)