Bangladesh Information Report

Bangladesh Flag
Bangladesh is a very small and poor country with a climate of 21
degrees to 26 degrees. Bangladesh is in the continent of Asia and its
capital is Dhaka. Bangladeshs neighbours are India and Myanmar.
Bangladesh only touches one sea and thats the Bay of Bengal. The
official language of Bangladesh is Bengali and has a population of
157 million. The main religion of Bangladesh is Muslim. The main
food of Bangladesh is fish, vegetables, and lentils with rice. The
president of Bangladesh is Abdul Hamid and is a democratic-republic
country. The currency of Bangladesh is Bangladeshi taka.
Bangladesh Map
Wildlife
Bangladesh has a variety of wildlife in the very small country. The
three large cats it has are the Bengal Asian Tiger, Clouded Leopard
and the Asian Golden Cat. Bangladesh also has the Komodo dragon
and the king cobra. There is also the Asian elephant and the Bengal
fox. Those are the most dangerous animals in Bangladesh. There are
also less dangerous animals like the Sambar Deer, the Chital deer,
great hornbill and the lesser adjutant. That is the main wildlife of
Bangladesh.
Culture
The people of Bangladesh love to dance and have massive festivals.
There are three different categories of dances. They are classic folk
and modern dances. Cricket is the most popular sport in Bangladesh
followed by soccer. In the year 2000, Bangladesh joined test cricket.
About ninety percent of Bangladesh is Muslim. The three other
religions in Bangladesh is Hindu, Christianity and Buddhism.

Tourism
A famous tourism attraction in Bangladesh is Somapura Mahavihara.
It is a building that looks like a mountain that has grass on the
outside. There are also many more tourist such as Dhaka Zoo, Sixty
Dome Mosque and Liberation War Memorial. There are also
activities to do such as water skiing, river cruising, hiking, rowing
and yachting. The positive effects of tourism in Bangladesh is that it
is bringing in money for the county. The negative effects of tourism
in Bangladesh is that there is already lots of people in Bangladesh
and the tourism is bringing in more people.
Somapura Mahavihara
Trade
The main exports in Bangladesh are non-knit mens suits, knit t-
shirts, knit sweaters, non-knit womens suits, non-knit mens shirts.
Bangladeshs main imports are imports refined petroleum, raw
cotton, palm oil, raw sugar, wheat and semi-finished iron. The
minimum wage for Bangladesh is $68 a month and the average wage
is $3699 a month. Bangladesh only exports and imports 1.5% of
things to Australia and from Australia.

Security/Health
Bangladesh was in a war called the Liberation War against East
India so West India could have its independence. Bangladesh is a
country that helps the USA in peacekeeping mission. Bangladesh has
got a border security control that stops borders India and
Bangladesh. The mortality rate in Bangladesh was 33.1/1000 births
in 2012. The average life span in Bangladesh is 70 years. The three
main disease in Bangladesh are cancer, lower respiratory infections
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.


Bangladesh Mortality Rate Graph
(Per 1000)
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