Located close to the city's harbour, it hosts numerous Bangladeshi and international businesses, banks, financial institutions, and other commercial entities, including the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the World Trade Center, and the Chittagong Stock Exchange.

The area forms part of the Double Mooring precinct and is directly connected to the Port of Chittagong.

Agrabad is a key business centre in Bangladesh, along with Motijheel, Gulshan, Banani and Kawran Bazar.

Sheikh Mujib Road hosts many businesses, including the art deco offices of M. M. Ispahani Limited and the Jamuna Oil Company.

[5] As of 2018, the roads of the residential area are flooded at least waist deep for several hours twice a day during about a third of each month.

[2] Tidal flooding has also reached the Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College and the World Trade Center Chittagong in the commercial area.

[5] Many of Bangladesh's largest companies, as well as various multinational firms, have their headquarters or branches located in Agrabad.

It offers the visitors the chance to acquaint with the lifestyles and heritage of various ethnic groups of the country.

[25] The sculptures of the people of different ethnic communities and a piece of broken Berlin Wall attracts visitors, which close to display since 2017.

People can get the impression of different festivals, livelihoods, and cultures of the communities from the murals set up at the hall room.

The park offers a dazzling view at night with several hundred lamps on its pool-like body of water and walkways.