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Wednesday 15, Jun 2011

COUNTRY PROFILE - BANGLADESH

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Bangladesh Government

Geography

Parliament

Economy Scale

NationalPolicies&Acts
Directories&Data

List of Ministers

Transport & C ommunication

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Population

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Health&Treatm ent

Helpline

Education
Agriculture

Facts and Figures

Bank&FinancialInstitutes

Name of the Country

: People's Republic of Bangladesh

Garm ents&Textile

Conventional short form

: Bangladesh

Trade&Com m erce

Bangladesh

: C ountry Map

ICT

Independence Day

: 26 March, 1971

Law &Rights

Victory Day

: 16 December 1971 and commemorates the official creation of the

state of Bangladesh.

Arts&Culture
Microfinance

National Flag

: bottle green with a large red disc slightly to the hoist side of
center the red disc represents the sun rising over Bangladesh and
the blood shed to achieve independence the green field
symbolizes the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. Flag ratio 10:6

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Legal system

: based on English common law.

Suffrage

: 18 years of age universal.

Capital City

: Dhaka.

Nationality

: Bangladeshi.

Official Currency

: Taka: (C urrency C ode: BDT) Denominations of currency in

force: Notes: 500: 100: 50: 20: 10: 5: 2: C oins: 5: 2: 1

Event&Calendar
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Fiscal Year

: 1 July 30 June.

Languages

: Bengali (official), English is widely spoken and used.

Int. Mother Language

: 21st February

Day
Religions

: Islam, Hinduism, C hristianity, Buddhism and others.

National Anthem

: Amar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) First 10 lines.

Local Time

: GMT + 6 hours.

Official Monogram

National Icon

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Military

: Army, Navy and Air Force, C oastal Guard, Paramilitary Forces

(BDR, Bangladesh Ansar, Village Defense Parties, Armed Police
Battalions, National C adet C orps)
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Geography
Geographical Location

: In South Asia between 20 34' and 26 38' North latitude and

between 88 01' and 92 41' East longitude consists of flat fertile

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alluvial land.
Area and Formation

: 143,998 square km.

Land: 133.910 sq km (51,703 sq miles) and Water: 10,088 sq km
mostly flat fertile alluvial land replete with mangrove forests and
tropical rain forests with a few hilly areas in the east and
southeast. The highest point in the country stands in the
C hittagong Hill Tracts (Keokradong) reaching 4,035 ft. [1,230 m.]
Bangladesh is a land of rivers the three major rivers are Padma,
Meghna and Jamuna.
The total forest area covers about 9% of the land area. The
country produces timber, bamboo and cane. Bamboos grow in
almost all areas but quality timber grows mostly in the valleys.
Among the timber sal, gamari, chaplish, telsu, jarui, teak, garjan,
chandon and sundori are important. Sundari trees grow in the
Sundarbans located in the South Western part of the country
bordering the Bay of Bengal.
Varieties of wild animals are found in the forest areas. Sundarban
is the home of the world famous Royal Bengal Tiger. Of other
animals elephants, bears, deer, monkeys, boars, leopard and
crocodiles are worth mentioning. A few hundred species and sub
species of bird are found in the country. Some of them are
seasonal and migratory types.
Except the hilly regions the Northeast and the Southeast, some
areas of high lands in the North and North Western part, the
country consists of low, flat and fertile land. A network of rivers of

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which the Padma, the Jamuna, the Teesta, the Brahmaputra, the
Surma, the Meghna and the Karnaphuli are important, and their
tributaries numbering about 230 with a total length of about 24140
km. C overing the country flow down to the Bay of Bengal. Heavy
silts deposited by rivers during the rainy season are thus
continuously enriching the alluvial soil.
Location & Boundary

: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and

India. North India (W. Bengal and Meghalaya) West India (W.
Bengal) East India (Tripura and Assam) and Myanmar South
Bay of Bengal.

Land boundaries
border countries

: Total: 4,246 km
Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Coastline

: 580 km.

Maritime claims

: territorial sea: 12 nautical miles

continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles

Resources (Natural)

: natural gas, coal, hard rock, lime stones, ceramic clay, glass sand
timber and arable land.

Climate

: Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon climate. Rainy season of the

southwest monsoon from June to September the rainfall is heavy
and frequent ranges between 1,500 2,500 mm/60100 inches of
rain a year. The cool season starts from November to February
and hot season from March until early June. Humidity is high.

Rainfall

: Monsoon Average Rainfall: 1194 mm to 3454 mm 120345 cm

(47" 136") (Average during the monsoon)

Average Temperature

: Winter (November February)

Temperature: Maximum 28 C

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Minimum 09 C
Summer (April September)
Temperature: Maximum 35 C
Minimum 21 C
Humidity

: Highest98 % (July & August)

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Economy Scale
GDP

: purchasing power parity $336.7 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate

: 6.6% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita

: purchasing power parity $2,300 (2006 est.)

GDP composition

: agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 20.6%
services: 59.5% (2006 est.)

Industrial growth rate

: 6.5% (2004 est.)

Labor force (FY95-96)

: agriculture: 63%
Service: 26%
Industry: 11%

Agriculture - products

: rice, wheat, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses,

oilseeds, spices, fruit, vegetables, bananas, mangoes, coconut,
beef, milk and poultry

Industries

: cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea, paper, newsprint, cement,

chemical fertilizer, light engineering, electric cables,
pharmaceuticals and chemical, leather, fish and sugar.

Exports

: $11.17 billion (2006 est.)

Exports commodities

: garments, raw jute and jute goods, tea, leather, frozen fish and
seafood, naphtha, furnace oil, urea, ceramic products.

Imports

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: $13.77 billion (2006 est.)

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Imports commodities

: machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, cottons

textiles, foodstuffs, crude petroleum, fertilizer, yarn, oil seed,
clinker.

Foreign exchange

: $4.7 billion (2006 est.)

& gold reserves

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Transport & Communication

Sea Port

: C hittagong and Mongla (Khulna)

River Port

: Narayangonj, Barisal, Khulna, C handpur, Bhairab Bazar,Sirajgonj.

Land Port

: Benapole, Tamabil, Burimari, Bangla Hilli, Akharura, Darsana,

Bhomra, Halurgha, Birol, Bibir Bazar, Sonamasjid, and Teknaf.

Railways

: total: 2,768 km.

broad gauge: 946 km 1.676m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000m gauge (2003)

Roads

: total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)

Waterways

: 8,372 km (includes 3,060 km main cargo routes) (2006)

Major Rivers

: Padma, Megna, Jumuna, Surma: Brahamaputra: Dhaleswari:

Rupsha: Posur: Sangu: Karnaphuli: Teesta: (Total 230 rivers
including tributaries)

Airports

: 10 (ten): 3 International and 7 domestic

Telephone

: Land base: 1,198,397 (Jan 2008)

Cell Phone

: 37.55 Million (Feb 2008)

Calling Country Code

: +88

Internet Service

: 60 Source ISP Association.

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Internet users

: 4.5 million (August 2007)

Internet TLD

: .bd is the Internet country code toplevel domain (cc LTD) for
Bangladesh. Administered by the Ministry of Post &
Telecommunications. Bangladesh Government
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Population
Population

: 150,448,339 (July 2007)

Sex Ratio

: Total population: 1.05 males(s)/female(s)

Structure (Age)

: 014 years: 33.1% (male: 25,639,640 female: 24,174,937)

1564 years: 63.4% (male: 48,659,087 female: 46,712,687)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male: 2,818,638 female: 2,443,350)

Population growth rate

: 2.056% (2007).

Birth rate

: 29.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate

: 8.13 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate

: total: 59.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

female: 58.05 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.13 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

: total population: 62.84 years (2007 est.)

Literacy

: age 15 and above can read and write: 43.1% of total population.
ratio: male: 53.9%: female: 31.8% (2003 est.)

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