Dhaka Club is one of the elite social clubs in the country. It has a long history back from the days of partition. Nearly six years after the partition of Bengal in 1905, the Dhaka Club was founded on 19th August, 1911. The then high ranking officials of British Government have formed the club which is considered the power house of British rule. Dhaka Club in Bangladesh obtained its legal status on September 14, 1911 under the Indian Companies Act of 1882. The founder members were all British, either bureaucrat or commercial persons. As was expected in the colonial period, Dhaka Club (like other similar clubs in India) primarily served the cultural and recreational needs of the Europeans. It created a home away from home where members and their families could socialize, play and dine in a style reminding them of their original abode.

With the Liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971, the last vestiges of the colonial past were shed off giving way to a truly indigenous identity. The club now continues to be a secular space as well as an avenue for leisure, recreation and sport for the elite of the society.

The club is located near Shahbag Intersection and is surrounded by Dhaka University, Bangladesh National Museum, Radio Bangladesh, BIRDEM Hospital, Ramna Park and the Suhrawardy Udyan. Dhaka club membership cost has always been out of reach of the common people. That’s how they maintained their elegance.

The Dhaka Club Ltd. has emerged as an icon of elegance in its aristocracy, tradition and excellence. This club has taken a unique place in the history of the clubs of this sub-continent; a club known by all and sundry, for its diversity of members in professions, age, gender, social and other interests.