They have the highest number of prostitutes in the world.
Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim countries where prostitution is legal. The district of Tangail is home to Kandapara brothel, the oldest and second largest brothel in the country where it has existed for the last 200 years.
The seedy world of Sonagachi, in the western city of Kolkata, is swamped with hundreds of multi-storey brothels, housing roughly 14,000 prostitutes who travel work here from all over India.
A market of food stuff that was set up by Heera Singh became known as Heera Mandi, contrary to the common perception associated with it. It is thought that Heera meaning diamond was attributed to the dancing girls living there
Prostitutes. A word so abhorred it is rarely uttered by "shareef log". Sadly we fail to recognize how those in this trade are human too.
