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Official Name:

Gano Projatontri Bangladesh

short form: Bangladesh

int'l long form: The People's Republic of Bangladesh

former: East Pakistan

ISO Country Code: bd, BGD

Time:

Local Time = UTC +6h

Actual Time: Sun-June-6  20:48

Country Calling Code: +880

Capital City: Dhaka (pop. 12 million, metro area)

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Other Cities:

Chittagong (2.8 million), Khulna (1.8 million), Rajshahi (1 million), Mymensing, Comilla, Barisal, Sylhet.

Government:

Type: Parliamentary democracy.

Independence: 26 March 1971 (from Pakistan).

Constitution: 1972

Geography:

Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between India and Myanmar.

Area: 144 000 km² (55 813 sq. mi.)

Terrain: Mainly flat alluvial plain, with hills in the northeast and southeast.

Climate: Semitropical, monsoonal; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October).

People:

Nationality: Bangladeshi(s).

Population: 171 million (in 2021).

GNI per capita PPP: $4,754 (2019 est.)

Ethnic groups: Bengali 98%, tribal groups, like the Chakma, Marma, Tanchangya, Tripuri, Kuki, Khiang, Khumi, Murang, Mru, Chak, Lushei, Bawm, Bishnupriya Manipuri (Meiteis), non-Bengali Muslims.

Religions: Muslim 88.3%; Hindu 10.5%; Christian 0.3%, Buddhist 0.6%, others 0.3%.

Languages: Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English is widely used.

Literacy: 54% for males; 32% for females; a total of 43% literacy.

Natural resources: natural gas, lignite coal, limestones, ceramic, clay and glass sand, arable land, timber.

Agriculture products: rice, jackfruit, jute, tobacco, sugarcane, pulses, oilseeds, spices,

  potatoes, vegetables, bananas, mangoes, coconut, tea and wheat.

Industries: garments, jute, cotton, textile, tea, paper, newsprint, cement, fertilizer, sugar, engineering, electric cables, leather, fish.

Exports - commodities: garments, knitwear and hosiery (80% of exports revenue), agricultural products, frozen food (fish and seafood), jute and jute goods, leather

Exports partners: Germany 12.9%, USA 12.2%, UK 8.7%, Spain 5.3%, France 5.1%, Italy 4.1% (2017)

Imports - commodities: cotton, machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, foodstuffs

Imports partners: China 21.9%, India 15.3%, Singapore 5.7% (2017)

Currency: Taka (BDT)

(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bangladesh)

 Bangladesh in Figures

More Bangladesh statistical data.

Official Sites of Bangladesh



Bangladesh's "House of the Nation," the Shangshad Bhaban, the parliament complex located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, a Dhaka neighborhood.

Image: Aminul joy

Politics of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a parliamentary representative democratic republic with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament (Jatiyo Sangsad). Head of state is the President. Head of government is the Prime Minister. Bangladesh is a republic with a non-executive president. Executive power is exercised by the government.

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Government

Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Bangladesh's official homepage.

Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad

The Bangladesh Parliament.

Prime Minister's Office

Official site of the Prime Minister Office.

Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The official home page of the ministry.

Diplomatic Missions

Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations

Bangladesh's representation to the UN.

Embassy of Bangladesh in the U.S.

Washington DC, USA

Bangladesh's Diplomatic Missions Abroad

Address list of Bangladesh's Diplomatic Missions Abroad.

Foreign Missions in Bangladesh

Addresses of Foreign Missions in Bangladesh.

Statistics

Bureau of Statistics

National Statistical Office of Bangladesh.

 Bangladesh in Figures

Bangladesh key statistical data.



The Jatiyo Smriti Soudho, Bangladesh's National Martyrs' Memorial, a concrete modernist monument and memorial gardens in Dhaka in central Bangladesh.

Image: Rubaiath Shaon