About Bangladesh

Individuals' Republic of Bangladesh 

গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ (Bengali) 

Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh 

Banner 

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Seal 

Song of praise: "Amar Sonar Bangla" (Bengali) 

"My Golden Bengal" 

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Walk: "Notuner Gaan" 

"The Song of Youth"[1] 

Government Seal of Bangladesh 

Seal of the Government of Bangladesh 

Area of Bangladesh 

Area of Bangladesh 

Capital 

what's more, biggest city Dhaka 

23°42′N 90°21′E 

Official languages Bengali[2] 

Ethnic gatherings (2011[3]) 

98% Bengalis 

2% minorities[show] 

Religion (2011[4]) 

90.4% Islam (Official) 

8.5% Hinduism 

0.6% Buddhism 

0.4% Christianity 

Demonym Bangladeshi 

Government Unitary parliamentary republic 

• President 

Abdul Hamid 

• Prime Minister 

Sheik Hasina 

• House Speaker 

Shirin Chaudhury 

• Chief Justice 

Syed Mahmud Hossain 

Legislature Jatiya Sangsad 

Arrangement and autonomy 

• East Bengal 

14 August 1947 

• East Pakistan 

14 October 1955 

• Independence 

26 March 1971 

• Recognized 

16 December 1971 

• Constitution 

4 November 1972 

Zone 

• Total 

147,570[5] km2 (56,980 sq mi) (92nd) 

• Water (%) 

6.4 

Populace 

• 2016 gauge 

162,951,560[6] (eighth) 

• 2011 enumeration 

149,772,364[7] (eighth) 

• Density 

1,106/km2 (2,864.5/sq mi) (tenth) 

Gross domestic product (PPP) 2018 gauge 

• Total 

$751.949 billion[8] (31st) 

• Per capita 

$4,561[8] (139th) 

Gross domestic product (nominal) 2018 gauge 

• Total 

$285.817 billion[8] (43rd) 

• Per capita 

$1,754[8] (148th) 

Gini (2017) Negative increment 32.4[9] 

medium · 19 

HDI (2018) Increase 0.608[10] 

medium · 136th 

Currency Taka (৳) (BDT) 

Time zone UTC+6 (BST) 

Date arrange 

dd-mm-yyyy 

BS দদ-মম-বববব (CE−594) 

Driving side left 

Calling code +880 

ISO 3166 code BD 

Web TLD .bd 

.বাংলা 

Site 

bangladesh.gov.bd 

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Bangladesh (/ˌbæŋɡləˈdɛʃ, ˌbɑːŋ-/(About this sound tune in); Bengali: বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh [ˈbaŋladeʃ] (About this sound tune in), lit. "The nation of Bengal"), formally the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh), is a nation in South Asia. It shares arrive fringes with India and Myanmar (Burma).The nation's sea domain in the Bay of Bengal is generally equivalent to the span of its property area.[11] Bangladesh is the world's eighth most crowded nation. Dhaka is its capital and biggest city, trailed by Chittagong, which has the nation's biggest port. Bangladesh shapes the biggest and easternmost piece of the Bengal region.[12] Bangladeshis incorporate individuals from a scope of ethnic gatherings and religions. Bengalis, who talk the official Bengali dialect, make up 98% of the population.[2][3] The politically overwhelming Bengali Muslims make the country the world's third biggest Muslim-larger part nation. Islam is the official religion of Bangladesh.[13][14] 

The majority of Bangladesh is secured by the Bengal Delta, the biggest delta on Earth. The nation has 700 streams and 8,046 km (5,000 mi) of inland conduits. Good countries with evergreen woods are found in the northeastern and southeastern locales of the nation. Bangladesh has numerous islands and a coral reef. The longest whole ocean shoreline of the world, Cox's Bazar Beach, is situated in the southeast. It is home to the Sundarbans, the biggest mangrove woods on the planet. The nation's biodiversity incorporates a huge swath of plant and untamed life, including jeopardized Bengal tigers, the national creature. 

The Greeks and Romans recognized the area as Gangaridai, an intense kingdom of the verifiable Indian subcontinent, in the third century BCE. Archeological research has uncovered a few antiquated urban communities in Bangladesh, which appreciated global exchange joins for millennia.[15] The Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal changed the locale into a cosmopolitan Islamic magnificent power between the fourteenth and eighteenth hundreds of years. The locale was home to numerous territories that made utilization of their inland maritime prowess.[16][17] It was additionally a remarkable focal point of the worldwide muslin and silk exchange. As a feature of British India, the district was affected by the Bengali renaissance and assumed a critical job in hostile to pilgrim developments. The Partition of British India made East Bengal a piece of the Dominion of Pakistan; and renamed it as East Pakistan. The locale saw the Bengali Language Movement in 1952 and the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[18] After freedom was accomplished, a parliamentary republic was built up. A presidential government was set up somewhere in the range of 1975 and 1990, trailed by an arrival to parliamentary vote based system. The nation keeps on confronting challenges in the zones of neediness, instruction, medicinal services and debasement. 

Bangladesh is a center power and a creating country. Recorded as one of the Next Eleven, its economy positions 43rd as far as ostensible GDP and 29th regarding buying power equality. It is one of the biggest material exporters on the planet. Its significant exchanging accomplices are the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. With its deliberately essential area between South, East and Southeast Asia, Bangladesh is a vital promoter of territorial availability and collaboration. It is an establishing individual from SAARC, BIMSTEC, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation and the Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative. It is likewise an individual from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Commonwealth of Nations, the Developing 8 Countries, the OIC, the Indian-Ocean Rim Association, the Non Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and the World Trade Organization. Bangladesh is one of the biggest supporters of United Nations peacekeeping powers.