Gulshan (Bengali: গুলশান, romanized: Gulaśāna) is a thana situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[7] It is an affluent residential and business neighbourhood[8][9] and is now home to a number of the city's restaurants, five star hotels,[10] shopping centers, schools, banks, offices and members' clubs; it also hosts the majority of foreign embassies and high commissions in Bangladesh.

Gulshan is now a mix of a serene residential area and also a city center with shopping malls and commercial buildings.

Gulshan is a commercial and residential area,[26] originally meant for offices and embassies of diplomatic missions, as well as residences.

[28] Though Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara, as well as Uttara and other satellite towns like Bashundhara, are relatively on higher lands, substantial parts of the Gulshan Thana area remained underwater for a prolonged duration during the 1998 Bangladesh floods.

[29][30] Drains and sewerage pipes dumping wastes in the Gulshan lake has been identified as major pollution problem by DWASA.

Gulshan Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 74.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 124.There were 1,743 floating people in this jurisdiction.

The area features a number of churches and Christian missions, including that of the Missionaries of Charity.

[37] Many local and multinational companies have their local headquarters located in Gulshan, including Nokia, Banglalink, Augere, Standard Chartered Bank, P&G, GSK, Reckitt Benckiser, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., The Himalaya Drug Company, Siemens, Adidas,[38] Nokia Siemens Networks, Sony Ericsson, Ericsson, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft.

[45] While it is not a club as such, the quarters of the American Embassy's Marine Guard unit maintains a small private bar.