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Name of Country : |
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh |
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Type of Government : |
The President is the constitutional head of the state
who appoints the Prime Minister, other Ministers and
Judges. The country has a Parliamentary form of
Government headed by the Prime Minister. |
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Parliament : |
The
Parliament consists of 330 members. The country is
divided into 6 divisions, 64 districts, 460
Sub-districts and 72000 villages. |
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Head of State : |
President |
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Head of Government : |
Prime Minister – Begam Khaled Jia |
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Geographical Location : |
South
Asia; between 20o 34/ and 26o 38/ North Latitude and
between 88o 01/ and 92o 41/ East Longitude. |
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Area : |
147,570
square km (Territorial water –12 nautical miles). |
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Capital city : |
Dhaka,
Metropolitan Area 522 sq km. |
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Standard time : |
GMT + 6 hours |
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Climate : |
Sub-tropical monsoon; temperature range in Winter (Dec.
– February) between 29o C - 11o C and in Summer (April –
June) between 320 C - 210 C. |
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Rainfall : |
1194
mm to 3454 mm (June – August) |
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Population : |
126
million |
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Population Growth rate : |
2.17
percent |
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Adult Literacy rate |
44
percent (15+ years) |
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Language : |
95 percent Bengali and 5 percent other dialects and
English is widely understood and spoken |
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Religion : |
Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%),
Christian (0.3%) & Animists and believers in tribal
faiths(0.3%) |
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Food : |
Rice,
vegetables, pulses , fish and meat. |
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Principal Industries : |
Jute, tea, textiles, garments, knitwear, paper,
newsprint, urea fertilizer, leather and leather goods,
sugar, cement, fish processing, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, engineering etc. |
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Traditional Exports : |
Raw jute, jute manufactures, tea, and
leather. |
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Non-traditional Exports : |
Ready-made garments, knitwear, frozen shrimps, other
fish products, jute carpet, shoes and other leather
goods, newsprint, paper, naptha, furnace oil, urea,
fruits and vegetables, cut flower, handicrafts etc. |
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Principal Imports |
Wheat, oil seeds, crude petroleum, petroleum products,
fertilizer, cement, staple fibers, yarn, fabrics, iron &
steel, capital goods, automobiles etc. |
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Principal crops : |
Rice,
wheat , jute, tea, tobacco, sugarcane, banana and mango. |
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International Airports : |
Zia International Airport (ZIA), Dhaka
and Chittagong International Airport, Chittagong. |
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Domestic Airports : |
Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet,
Cox’s Bazar, Thakurgaon, Syedpur, Rajshahi, Jessore and
Barisal. |
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Principal rivers : |
Padma, Brahmaputra, Jamuna, Meghna, Karnaphuli, Teesta
and total rivers 230 including tributaries. |
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Sea Ports : |
Chittagong and Mongla. |
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Inland River Ports : |
Dhaka, Chandpur, Barisal, Khulna, Bhairab, Narayanganj,
Sirajganj etc. |
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Principal Mineral resources : |
Natural
gas, limestone, hard rock, coal, lignite, silica sand,
white clay, radio active sand etc. (strong possibility
of oil deposit). |
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Human resources : |
50 million civilian labour force : skilled, semiskilled
and unskilled. Abundance of low cost, easily trainable
and adaptable workforce. |
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History : |
Recorded history : 4th century B.C. with evidence of
flourishing civilization consisting of Cities, Palaces.
Temples, Forts, Seats of Learning and Monasteries;
1200-1757 AD: enjoying period of prosperity under Muslim
Rule; 1757-1947: British Colonial Rule; 1947-1971:
Pakistan Period; 1971: emergence of the Sovereign State
of Bangladesh. |
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