New Market, Dhaka, Traditional marketplace in Azimpur, Bangladesh.

New Market is a shopping center in Azimpur with a triangular layout organized around three large arched entry gates. The complex contains both covered retail sections and open vendor areas offering everything from clothing and electronics to household items and traditional handicrafts.

Construction began in 1952 on 35 acres during Nurul Amin's tenure as Chief Minister of East Bengal, and the market opened in 1954. It was set up to serve residents of the University of Dhaka, Azimpur, Ramna and Dhanmondi. In the 1980s three more blocks were added to the north under Dhaka City Corporation.

Novelty, an ice-cream shop, was a favourite meeting point for young people from the 1950s to the early 1990s, when the market was as popular for recreation as for shopping. A garden inside the complex was later replaced by a mosque at first-floor level, known as Biman Mosque, with sixty shops beneath it.

The market operates every day with heaviest foot traffic on weekends and afternoons. Plan your visit for daylight hours when all shops are open and the space is easiest to navigate.

Since the 1980s the marketplace expanded into specialized sections including Bonolata for kitchen items and New Super Market for crockery and dishware. These internal subdivisions show how the space adapted to serve different shopping needs over time.