Train Travel Thrives In Bangladesh As Fuel Based Transportation Prices

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A teenager jumps between cars on a train at the Kamalapur railway station July, 22 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi government raised fuel prices by up to 67 percent realier this month, some public transportaion has become too expensive for the working class and poor. Train travel prices, by contrast, have stayed low alllowing most of the country to utilize the service. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food.

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A family runs for a departing train at the Kamalapur Railway Station, the largest in the country, July 22, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi government raised fuel prices by up to 67-percent earlier this month, some public transportation has become too expensive for the working class and poor. Train travel prices, by contrast, have stayed low allowing most of the country to utilize the service. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food.

People enter the Kamalapur Railway Station, the largest in the country, July 22, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi government raised fuel prices by up to 67-percent earlier this month, some public transportation has become too expensive for the working class and poor. Train travel prices, by contrast, have stayed low allowing most of the country to utilize the service. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food.

A boy sells food to passengers on a departing train at the Kamalapur railway station July, 22 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi government raised fuel prices by up to 67 percent realier this month, some public transportaion has become too expensive for the working class and poor. Train travel prices, by contrast, have stayed low alllowing most of the country to utilize the service. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food.

A boy stands on a departing train at the Kamalapur Railway Station, the largest in the country, July 22, 2008 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As the Bangladeshi government raised fuel prices by up to 67-percent earlier this month, some public transportation has become too expensive for the working class and poor. Train travel prices, by contrast, have stayed low allowing most of the country to utilize the service. According to a recent World Bank study, Bangladesh is among at least 33 countries that are at risk of serious political unrest if food and fuel prices keep rising. Bangladesh is currently one of the world's poorest countries, where nearly 40 percent of the 144 million population survive on less than a dollar a day and on average spend eighty percent of their income on food.

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