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Independence: 1971 from Pakistan after a 9-month long bloody war

Facts at a Glance

Full country name: The People's Republic of Bangladesh Area: 143,998 sq km Population: 135 million Capital city: Dhaka (pop: 6 million) People: 98% Bengali, 1% Bihari, 1% tribal Language: Bangla (Bengali) Religion: 87% Islam, 12% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist & 0.3% Christian Government: Constitutional Republic President: Dr. Yazuddin Ahmed

Economic

GDP: US$48 billion World GDP ranking: 56th GDP per head: US$330 Annual growth: 4.5% Inflation: 3% Major industries: Textiles, clothing, jute Major trading partners: US, Japan, South Korea

Profile

Bangladesh Territory
Bangladesh is nestled in the crook of the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by India. It shares a border in the southeast with Myanmar and fronts onto the Bay of Bengal. The country is flat, flat, flat, and dominated by the braided strands of the Ganges-BrahmaputraJamuna delta.

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1971

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

The Pakistan Army didn't even spare the Holy Quran

Shaheed Minar destroyed by Pakistani mortars

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

Those suspected were kidnapped and killed brutally by the Pakistani army and their collaborators

Dr. Fazle Rabbi, Killed for Patriotism. (On December 14,1971 some of the best brains of Bangladesh were brutally tortured and killed)

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

Freedom Fighters in ambush near Dhaka

Portrait of a freedom fighter

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

Refugees of War Innocent men killed by the Pakistanis

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

Dogs eating corpse

Running for refuge

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

Massacre by Pakistani Soldiers

Planned Killing of the Intellectuals

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR

A Poster by Potua Kamrul Hasan depicts President Yahiya Khan of Pakistanas a Demon

On December 16,1971 Gen. Niazi (Middle) of Pakistan scorted by Gen. Aurora (left) and Major Haider (right) surrendered with 91 thousand soldiers.

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Partition, Wood, 19th Century A.D

Model of Ahsan Manzil (an old palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka) gold and silver filigree work of Dhaka 1905 A.D

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Inscription in Arabic, black stone of Sultan Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah, 929 A.H./1522-23 A.D

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Visnu, Bronze : before conservation

Visnu, Bronze : after conservation

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Manasa (snake deity), bronze, 11th century A.D.

Terracotta plaque, 1st century B.C.

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Gold Coin, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar 1556-1605 A.D.

Waterfowls of Bangladesh

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Spotted Deer of the Sunderban Mangrove Forest

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Santal by Zainul Abedin

Three Belles by Quamrul Hasan

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Famine Sketch by Zainul Abedin

CULTURE & HERRITAGE

Sculpture by Novera Ahmed

TV PERFORMER

Shuborna

Shomi Keiser

Bipasha

TV PERFORMER

Mou

Tarin

TV PERFORMER

Afsana Mimi

Ishita

Tazin

FILM ACTRESS

Shabnur

Popi

FILM ACTRESS

Shabzan

Moushumi

BANGLADESH IN THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 1999

In 1999 World Cup Cricket, Bangladesh beat Pakistan

FIRST TEST MATCH

Against India

EID FASHION

SMALL MOUNTAIN IN BANGLADESH

LAL BAGER KELLA

WAR MARTYRS MEMORIAL

PARLIAMENT BHABAN

TEA GARDEN

OBSERVANCE OF 21ST FEBRUARY-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

ROYAL BENGAL TIGER

DHAKA UNIVERSITY

SMALL MOUNTAIN

BIRDS OF BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH GROUP AT TOKYO ACADEMIC PARK


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