Risky road crossing in Dhaka

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Dhaka university students take a risk to go home on a University bus service as a student died in a road accident.

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A police van breaks the traffic rules at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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A disabled man tries to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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A policeman takes a risk to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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A rickshaw puller breaks the traffic rules to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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A woman taking a risk to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Motorcycles and car drivers avoid traffic rules in the city.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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Citizens risk their lives in the traffic to cross the road at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital.

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A huge traffic jam takes place due to a car problem.

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A young boy crossing a road as he talks over mobile phone.

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Citizens risk their lives to cross roads at Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the capital, just yards away there is a footbridge on the other side.

Dhaka has been rated as the least liveable location among the 140 cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The Global Livability Survey released yesterday found the Bangladeshi capital downgrading one step from the rank of second worst city to live in.
Last year, Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, became the least desirable destination.
Dhaka's score, however, remains unchanged -- 38.7 out of 100.