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Dhaka
or Dac·ca
[ dak-uh, dah-kuh ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Bangladesh, in the central part.
Dhaka
/ ˈdækə /
noun
- the capital of Bangladesh, in the E central part: capital of Bengal (1608–39; 1660–1704) and of East Pakistan (1949–71); jute and cotton mills; university (1921). Pop: 12 560 000 (2005 est)
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Nearly two-thirds of the sewage in the megacity of Dhaka, with 15 million people, is untreated.
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With more than 1,000 people dead, the eight-story garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh is an almost unparalleled tragedy.
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Molotov cocktails hurled by them killed a pedestrian in the capital, Dhaka.
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This past May, missing her husband and 5-year-old daughter, she returned to Dhaka to write her dissertation.
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With them trickled dozens of our kind, some from as far away as Dhaka.
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