The country of the moment is the one that exports “termites”: Bangladesh. On the first of my two visits to that country, in the mid-1990s, the only direct flight from Delhi to Dhaka was one that Biman Bangladesh Airlines originated from London. In business class, one confronted a toilet that was locked. “Reserved for VIPs”, said the plastic panel pasted on the door! Non-VIPs in business class had to use toilets further back in the plane. The city had two good hotels and was over-run with cycle-rickshaws, while the cars were dated Japanese models. They were cheap because Japan’s rules
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