Baily Road

Baily Road. It is generally regarded as one of the classier areas of the city[citation needed]. Baily Road was featured in a song of the same name by Ayub Bachchu, lead singer of the popular rock band LRB. Baily Road was officially renamed Natok Saroni (Theater Street), in recognition of the road's contributions to performing arts in the capital. Significance of the name Baily Road:
Baily Road was named in honor of Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1879-1882. However, in recognition of Bailey Road’s importance to the theatre community of Dhaka, on 26 August 2005 the Mayor of Dhaka, Sadek Hosen Khoka, announced that the name of the road would change to Natok Soroni, meaning "Theatre Road". Theatre personalities present during the name changing ceremony were Sayed Ahmed, Liakat Ali Lucky, M Hamid, Ramendu Majumdar and Mamunur Rashid. History:
Ramna was a forest like area during the British rein. Initially, Charles dos, the magistrate of Dhaka was responsible for its development. He transformed that area into a race course and garden, where the high class and rich people of that time used to visit. Gradually people started building houses at the north side of Ramna. In 1859 surveyor general divided Ramna into two different parts, and they are the Ramna plains and the race course. Government tried to modify the Ramna plains and turn it into the new capital city. He wanted to achieve this by building roads through 100 acre of Greenland. Beside the roads where several great buildings made for the residence of higher officials such as governor, justice, council members, secretary and division heads. Coming back from the scenes of Mughal Empire, even today Ramna has remained as one of the most notable and sophisticated areas. Baily road which lies between Ramna is also one the most prominent and prestigious road in Dhaka.