In the posh neighbourhoods of Gulshan and Baridhara, entire apartment buildings are illuminated to celebrate winter weddings, but these are overshadowed by the bright lights of new shopping malls.

Clinton's daughter Chelsea got married last year in a ceremony dubbed "America's royal wedding," and said organizing an event which also attracts global interest is taxing.

Iqbal Masih was sold to a Pakistani carpet factory when he was four years old as collateral on a loan his parents had taken out to pay for their eldest son's wedding.