Flowers power Bangladeshis out of poverty
By Anis Ahmed and Azad Majumder | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-28 08:08
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A boy sells flowers at a park in Dhaka on Tuesday. Flowers are becoming an important source of income for many in Bangladesh as demand for blossoms for everything from social occasions to national holidays soars. Andrew Biraj / Reuters |
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Flowers sell cheaply on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, adding fire to the efforts of Aleya Begum and several other children nearly begging for sales at a stoplight.
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