Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

For other uses, see Bangladesh (disambiguation). People's Republic of Bangladesh

Gnoprojatontri Bangladesh

Flag Anthem:

Emblem

Amar Shonar Bangla My Golden Bengal

MENU 0:00 Government Seal of Bangladesh[1]

Capital and largest city Official languages Other languages Ethnic groups(1998[3])

Dhaka 2342N 9021E Bengali English, Indigenous minority languages[2] 98% Bengali 2% other Bangladeshi Unitary parliamentary democracy[4] Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Md. Muzammel Hossain Jatiyo Sangshad

Demonym Government - President - Prime Minister - Speaker of the House - Chief Justice Legislature

Independence from Pakistan[5] - Declared 26 March 1971 - Recognized 16 December 1971

- Current constitution Area - Total - Water (%) Population - March 2013 estimate - Density GDP (PPP) - Total - Per capita GDP (nominal) - Total - Per capita Gini (2010) HDI (2013) Currency Time zone Drives on the Calling code ISO 3166 code Internet TLD This

4 November 1972

147,570 km2 (94th) 56,977 sq mi 6.4

150,039,000[6] 1,033.5/km2 2,676.8/sq mi 2012 estimate $306.0 billion[6] $2,039.48[6] 2012 estimate $122.72 billion[6] $817.95[6] 32.1[7] medium 0.515[8] low 145th Taka (BDT) BST (UTC+6) left 880 BD .bd article

contains Bengali(Bangla) text. Without properrendering support, you may seequestion marks or boxes, small size improper fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Bengali text. Bangladesh ( i/bld/, Bengali: ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( ; Gnoprojatontri Bangladesh), is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 150 million people, it is the eighth most populous country in the world. It is located at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, bordered by the Republic of India and Burma (Myanmar) on its north, west and east, and separated from Nepal and Bhutan by India's narrow Siliguri Corridor. Together with the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. The present-day borders of Bangladesh were established during the Partition of British India in 1947, when eastern Bengal became part of the newly formed State of Pakistan. It was separated from West Pakistan by nearly 1,500 km (about 900 mi) of Indian territory. Political, economic, linguistic and ethnic discrimination by the Pakistani state led to popular agitation, cultural nationalism and civil disobedience, culminating in theBangladesh Liberation War in 1971. After independence, the new state endured widespread poverty, famine, political turmoil and military coups. The restoration of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative calm and economic progress, although the political scene remains turbulent. Geographically, modern Bangladesh straddles the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra delta and has a rich and ancient cultural heritage, intertwined with the larger history of the Indian subcontinent. It is a pluralistic nation of religious and ethnic diversity. It is the world's eighth most populous country, as well as one of the world's most densely populated countries. The republic is a parliamentary democracy, with an elected parliament called theJatiyo Sangshad.[9] Bangladesh is a founding member of SAARC, of which it is a pioneer and vocal promoter, the Developing 8 Countries,BIMSTEC and BCIM, as well as a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the OIC and the Non-Aligned Movement. Bangladesh is also the world's largest contributor to United Nations peacekeeping missions. Bangladesh continues to face a number of major challenges, including endemic poverty, bureaucratic and political corruption, political instability,overpopulation and vulnerability to climate change. However, the country has achieved significant progress in human

development since independence,[10] including progress in areas of gender equity, universal primary education, reducing population growth, self-sufficiency in food production, improving healthcare and spreading sustainable energy. The poverty rate has declined by 25% since 1990, and per-capita GDP has doubled from 1975 levels.[11][12][13][14][15] Bangladesh's economy has been identified as one of the Next Eleven.[16] Dhaka and Chittagong, the country's two largest cities, have been the driving force behind much of the recent growth and are among the world's fastest growing cities.