The Bangladeshi authorities will vigorously enforce a ban on begging so that it can be eliminated within five years, the government says.
Their announcement follows a decision by parliament on Tuesday to grant metropolitan city status to the towns of Sylhet and Barisal.
The new classification means that begging is automatically banned, as it is in Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7978523.stm
It's one thing when they try to do this here where it technically could be done, but would be a big misuse of resources and abuse of rights if we did...but this is a whole other level of stupid.
