Dhaka was named the seventh least liveable city in the world for the second consecutive year in the Global Liveability Index for 2023
New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed today.
Bangladesh advances eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.
Dhaka has been ranked as the third worst liveable city in the world, while war-torn Damascus in Syria ranked the worst.
Dhaka stands as the fifth least safe city on the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Safe Cities Index (SCI) as “the city fared poorly on digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security indicators”.
Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the second least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey.
Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been ranked the second least liveable city in the world while Damascus ranked the worst, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. Civil war and terrorism resulted in cities like Damascus ranking poorly and unavailability of adequate infrastructure is responsible for the low score in Dhaka.
Dhaka moves down by 10 places to rank 72nd in the list of the most expensive cities across the world according to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 index report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Bangladesh has gone eight notches down in the EIU Democracy Index-2017 with its score on the state of democracy dropping compared to 2016.
Dhaka is ranked the second most unlivable city in the world, an improvement from last year’s title of ‘The most unlivable city in the world’.
Singapore has retained its position as the world's most expensive city, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).