Dhaka still belongs to the category of one of the worst cities to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
According to the EIU’s latest Global Liveability Ranking, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has advanced two notches than last year. It ranked the second least liveable city in 2015.
Dhaka has just overrun Lagos in Nigeria, Tripoli in Libya and Damascus in Syria and ranked 137th among 140 cities globally. Damascus has been ranked the worst liveable city in the world.
The other least liveable cities of the top ten include Kiev in Ukraine, Douala in Cameroon, Harare in Zimbabwe, Karachi in Pakistan, Algiers in Algeria and Port Moresby in PNG.
Melbourne in Australia remains the most liveable of the 140 cities, followed by Vienna in Austria and Vancouver in Canada.
The other most liveable cities of the top ten are Toronto, Calgary in Canada, Adelaide in Australia, Perth in Australia, Auckland in New Zealand, Helsinki in Finland and Hamburg in Germany.
Source: Prothom Alo
