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Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel, a central business district, near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla or water lily (Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is in the center of a circular fountain.[1]

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Shapla Square in Dhaka

The location also marks a mass grave of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.[2]

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