Rayer Bazaar

[1] Rayer Bazaar Bodhdhobhumi is located in Mohammadpur Thana, near the Beribadh area in Dhaka District.

The Martyred Intellectuals Memorial began construction there on 14 December 1996 after a groundbreaking ceremony officiated by the daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; it was completed in 1999.

[4] On the night of 14 December 1971, many of Bangladesh's intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers and writers were rounded up in Dhaka.

They were blindfolded and taken to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different sections of the city.

The 'Al-Badr' and 'Al-Shams' forces helped the West Pakistan Army locate the intellectuals and slaughtered them and many other innocent people at night.

The tannery at Hajaribaag near the Rayer Bazaar Boddhobhumi is one of the main reasons for heavy pollution in the area; overpopulation has also created severe water problems there.