site: copy edit — 2 pieces tightened (1 prose, 1 factual reconciliation)
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name: "Kawran Bazar"
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subtitle: "A 2am fruit auction, and vendors who clear the train tracks every time a train comes"
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subtitle: "A 2am fruit auction, and vendors who clear the tracks every time a train comes"
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date: 2026-08-02
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shortlist: true
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link: "https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kawran-bazar"
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@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ tags: [markets, dhaka, night, street-food]
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description: "Dhaka's central wholesale market runs hardest in the middle of the night and has vanished by mid-morning, when the same block turns back into a business district."
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By one count fifty-seven percent of Dhaka's vegetables move through this one market, and the hours worth seeing are the ones nobody schedules: a 2am fruit auction, fish descaled by hand, vendors spreading their goods across live train tracks and clearing them each time a train comes through. By mid-morning it has gone — stalls become parked cars, and the block goes back to being a district of newspapers and TV studios.
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Nearly 1,800 permanent shops, and the hours worth seeing are the ones nobody schedules: a 2am fruit auction, fish descaled by hand, vendors spreading their goods across live train tracks and clearing them each time a train comes through. By mid-morning it has gone — stalls become parked cars, and the block goes back to being a district of newspapers and TV studios.
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