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Dhaka blends modernity with heritage in 300-year legacy

A couple take selfie in front of the Curzon Hall, a building of British colonial period and now part of Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

People spend their leisure time in front of the Parliament building complex, designed by architect Louis Kahn, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

Aerial view of the country's first metro rail crossing the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

People visit the Lalbagh Fort, a historic Mughal fort complex, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

People visit Ahsan Manzil Palace, once the residence of Nawab of Dhaka, now a museum, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

A motorboat transports passengers through the Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

Hindu devotees pray in the evening at a roadside temple in Shakhari Bazar, where a large Hindu community lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

Street musicians perform at the Chandrima Udyan in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (REUTERS)

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