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Introduction To Bangladesh
Bangladesh appeared on the world map as an independent and sovereign state on December 16, 1971 following the victory at the War of Liberation with Pakistan, Bangladesh is a member of the United Nations (UN) and its various specialized bodies and agencies including ESCAP. She is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) including their various affiliated organs. Bangladesh has multiparty parliamentary from of democracy, where the Prime Minister is the head of government. The 330 seat National Parliament, known as the ‘Jatiya Sangshad’ has a normal term of 5 years. The constitutional Head of State is the President. Bangladesh, which has a thousand years of recorded history, has a rich and varied cultural heritage, and is well known for its music, poetry and paintings. The country has a total area of 1,47,570 sq. km. It is a deltaic plain, cress-crossed by a number of mighty rivers like the Padma-Ganga, Brahmputra-Jamuna, Meghna and their tributaries and distributories. Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon climate characterized by rain bearing winds, warm temperatures and high humidity. The country has mainly four seasons: Winter (Dec-Feb), Summer (Mar-May), Monsoon (June-Sept) and Autumn (Oct-Nov). This is a land of 126 million people comprising 86.6% Muslims, 12.1% Hindus, 0.8% Buddhists, 0.7% Christians and others. Over 98% of the people speak in Bangla, although English is widely used. The country is divided into six administrative divisions namely Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet. Economic Development has always been constrained mainly by large population and one of the highest densities of the world (over 830 persons a square kilometer) |