Food cart

Food cart

Masud Rana of Rater Kebab at Rangpur Goli, an alley near Gulshan 2 roundabout, cooks kebabs in his popular tin-shed stall. The menu includes fish and chicken kebabs, grills, chaap, parathas, and salad. Photo: Faiyaz Ahnaf Samin

Rangpur Goli: Gulshan’s street food alley that becomes alive after dark

Street food has never been what Gulshan is known for, but that changed last year, when this alley in North Gulshan 2, now gaining fame as Rangpur Goli, began attracting night owls, alongside other...

Despite existing for decades, roadside food carts and other vendors are not recognised as legal businesses by the government or the city corporation. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain.

Street food vendors of Dhaka are stuck clueless in a legal limbo