Dhaka was given the status of capital five times in total In this case, you want to know , how many times is Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh ? Then the answer is once 8 Because , after the country became independent, but Bangladesh is 7 Before that it was called Bengali When this part of us was known as Bangla, but again Dhaka was given the status of capital four times. E.g. , 1610,1660,1905 and 1947 in 1947 But after the formation of Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka was given the status of capital only once That is, if it is said , how many times is Dhaka the capital ? Five times , if asked , how many times is Dhaka made the capital of Bengal ? In that case the answer would be: four times , now if anyone asks , how many times is Dhaka made the capital of Bangladesh ? Then the answer will be: once 6