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All information about Bangladesh
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Bangladesh facts
Name: Bangladesh
Constitutional Name: People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Independence Day : 26th March
Government System: Parliamentary Democracy
Total Parliamentary Seat: 345 (Including 45 Reserve Seat for women)
Capital City: Dhaka (23042` N 90021`E)
State Language: Bangla (Bangladesh Language)
Second language: English
Liberation Achieved: 1971 (with a Huge Blood Losing freedom fighting against Pakistan)
Area: 147,570 Square Kilometers (Land:133,90 km² Water: 10,090 km²)
Geo. Position: 20034``to 26038``North Latitude And 880 01``to 92041``East Longitude.
Local Time: GMT 6+
Demographics : Bengalis 98% and about 50 minority groups
Dailing Code: +880
Climate: Tropical Monsoon
Main seasons: Summer (March-May), Rainy season (June-September) and Winter (December-February)
Best Tourist Season: October-March
Total Boundary (bangladesh Area): 5138 Kilometers
Land Boundary: 4246 Kilometers
Territorial water: 12 Nautical Miles
Population : 14,97,72,364
Sex Ratio: 100.30:100
Population Growth: 1.37%
Population Density: 1015/Square Km
Literate Rate: 53.70%
Favourite Social Media: Facebook
Average Span: 69 years
Average Temperature: 25.70.C.
Average Raining: 203 CM
Currency: BDT (1USD = 50.00BDT)
Central Bank: Bangladesh Bank
Scheduled Banks: 56 (State owned-4, Specialized-4, Private-39 and Foreign-9) (Bangladesh Facts)
Non Bank Fin. Institute: 31
Stock Exchange: 02 (Dhaka and Chittagong)
GDP: 129.86 Billion USD (2013)
GDP Growth Rate: 6.01%
Inflation Rate: 7.13 (Sep -13)
Per Capita GDP: 1190 USD
Annual Budget: 2,50,506 crore BDT (2014-15)
Foreign Debt per Head: 162.2 USD
Per Capita Electricity: 348 KWH (Production)
Economy of Bangladesh:
43rd Biggest in the world(as per IMF last report)Called the Oriental Tiger in South Asia
Number of EPZ : 08
Number of Sea Port: 03 ( CHITTAGONG, MONGLA AND PAIRA)
International Airport: 03 (Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet).
Sectoral Contributor in GDP: Agriculture 18.64%, Industry 28.61%, Service 52.75%
Employment Sector: Agriculture 47.30%, Industrial 17.64%, Service 35.06%
No. of City Corporation: 11
Thana : 507 (Five Hundred Seven)
Union Parishad : 4,484 (Four Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Four)
Village : 87,319(Eighty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Ninteen)
Banking Hour : Sunday- Thursday (10:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Districts of Bangladesh : 64
Network : 2,835.04 km
National Highway: 3538.00 Km
Total River: 310 (Including Tributaries)
Famous Person
1. 1. Bangubandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Father of Nation)
- Rabindranath Tagore (awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature)
- Muhammad Yunus (awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006)
Principal Rivers: Padma, Meghna,Jamuna,Teesta,Karnaphulietc. (Bangladesh tourism)
Natural Resources: Natural gas, coal, lime, white clay, granite, glass-sands etc.
Highest Peak: Bijoy (3185 ft)
Biggest District: Rangamati (6,116.11 Sq Km)
Smallest District: Meherpur (751.62 sq km)
Biggest Village: Baniachong (Habiganj)
Bangladesh Religion Based on Population: Muslim 89.70%, Hindu 9.20% Buddhist 0.70%, Other 0.40%
Principal Imports
Oil, edible oil, petroleum product, wheat, seeds, fertilizer, yarn, capital goods, machinery, power generating machinery, scientific & medical equipment, iron & steel, motor vehicles, raw cotton, chemicals.
Radio Stations
Dhaka, Chittagong, Comilla, Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Sylhet, Rangamati and Thakurgaon. Broadcasting programmes (in addition to Bengali): in English, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Nepali.
T.V. Station : Dhaka, Chittagong. Bangladesh Facts
Television channels :
Satellite: BTV World, Channel-I, Madani Channel Bangla, NTV, ATN Bangla, Bangla Vision, Boishakhi TV, Islamic TV, Desh TV, ETV, My TV, Diganta TV, RTV.
Human Resources
A substantial manpower reserve well trained and skilled Engineers, Economists, Mental Health, Physicians, Chartered & qualified Accountants, IT Professionals, Bangladesh population, Technicians, Trained administrative and Managerial Personnel's, abundance of low cost, easily trainable and adoptable and hard Working intelligent and youthful labour force;
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