Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?

Now here is an idea to give the Bangladeshi tourism a boost: bring all tourists bound for Senegal into the Desh.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-couple-flies-to-dhaka-instead-of-dakar-due-to-airport-code-mix-up.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47291&NewsCatID=379
According to Los Angeles Times, this couple intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

It cracks me up when I read some of the "hints" that led the couple to realize they were heading the wrong way:

Dhaka, they believed that this was how you pronounced 'Dakar' with a Turkish accent

Travel map on the overhead video screen showing the location of the plane over the Middle East.

The plane was full of people who looked Asian, not African.