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World Cup Cricket 2011 is coming to Dhaka next month. As the country is getting ready for this exciting international sports, it's trying to get rid of beggars and hawkers from the city streets for next few weeks. This initiative will frustratingly displace thousands of the poor from the capital.
CNN reports:
"Hundreds of hawkers and beggars, quite often seen on Dhaka's major roads and at traffic stops, will be driven out next month ahead of the Cricket World Cup scheduled to begin in mid February... The Bangladesh government imposed a ban on begging amid criticism two years ago, saying they would stop the practice within five years. According to the law, anyone caught begging in public places faces a maximum three months in jail. But begging is still seen in almost everywhere in Dhaka -- a city of ten million people, one third of whom are extremely poor and live in shanties..."
