A country of southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
Our language is bangla.
Which is now International language.
We are proud.because we are bangali.
Dhaka is the capital and the largest city of our country.
Population: 150,000,000.
Area: 56,977 sq mi (147,570 sq km).
The vast majority of the population are Bengali.
Religions: Islam (official; mainly Sunni);
also Hinduism. Currency: taka. Bangladesh is generally flat,
its highest point reaching over 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level.
The landscape is characterized by alluvial plains
dissected by numerous connecting rivers.
The southern part consists of the eastern sector of
the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. The chief rivers are
the Ganges (there known as the Padma) and the
Brahmaputra (or Jamuna), which unite as the Padma.
Though primarily agricultural, the country often
is not self-sufficient in food production.
The monsoonal rains that occur from May to October
produce extreme flooding over much of Bangladesh,
often causing severe crop damage and great loss of life.
Cyclones in 1970 and 1991 killed some 300,000
and 140,000 Bengalis, respectively. Bangladesh is
a republic with one legislative house; its chief
of state is the president and its head of government
the prime minister. In its early years Bangladesh was
known as Bengal. When the British left the subcontinent in 1947,
the area that was East Bengal became the part of Pakistan
called East Pakistan. Bengali nationalist sentiment
increased after the creation of an independent Pakistan.
In 1971 violence erupted; 3 million Bengalis were killed,
and millions more fled to India, which finally entered the war
on the side of the Bengalis, ensuring West Pakistan's defeat.
East Pakistan became the independent country of Bangladesh.
Little of the devastation caused by the war has been repaired,
and political instability, including the assassination
of two presidents, has continued.