Official Name: |
People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Political system: |
Parliamentary democracy: The President is the Head of State while the Government is headed by the Prime Minister |
Independence: |
26 March 1971 |
Capital: |
Dhaka |
Time Zone: |
GMT + 6 hours |
Administrative Units: |
The country is divided into eight Administrative Divisions - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal, Sylhet ,Rangpur and Mymenshingh. Each Division is divided into several administrative districts |
Districts: |
64 |
Language: |
Bangla is the official language; English, as second language, is widely spoken and used in business communications across the country |
Literacy rate: |
65.5% |
Educational institutions: |
Public Universities: 41,Private Universities: 54, |
Principal industries: |
Ready-made garments (RMG), pharmaceuticals, cements, garment accessories, chemicals, fertilizers, newsprint, leather and leather goods, ship breaking, ship-building, paper, sugar, jute, oil refining, light engineering, toiletries, processed foods, electrical and electronics, assembling and manufacturing of refrigerator, freezer, LCD and LED television and computers and assembling of jeeps, buses and trucks |
Principal exports: |
Readymade garments, pharmaceuticals, frozen foods (shrimps), leather, leather products, jute, jute products, tea, ceramic, textile fabrics, home textile, chemical products, handicrafts, newsprint, computer software,IT solutions, light engineering products including bi-cycle, toiletries, processed foods, ocean going vessels, etc |
Business hours: |
9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday to Thursday; |
Best tourist season: |
October - March |
Temperature: |
6 degrees Celsius (lowest), |
Places of tourist interest: |
Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Kaptai,Rangamati, Khagrachari, Bandarban, Kuakata, Bogra, Khulna, the Sundarbans, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Comilla |
International airports: |
Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet |
Domestic airports: |
Cox’s Bazar, Jessore, Rajshahi, Syedpur, Barisal, Iswardi, Comilla and Thakurgaon |
Seaports |
Chittagong ,Mongla and Payra |
Radio stations: |
State owned Bangladesh Betar, which broadcasts countrywide, has 6 stations in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur and 2 relay stations in Comilla and Thakurgaon; apart from this, 13 privately owned FM radios, mostly based in Dhaka, are operating in major cities only;there are a number of community radios operating in certain areas of the country |
Television stations: |
There are 03 state-run TV channels in Bangladesh: 01 terrestrial channel, Bangladesh Television (BTV) and 02 satellite channels; BTV World and Sangsad Television. Besides, there are 39 private satellite TV channels are currently telecasting news and programmes based on cable connections. |
Satellite earth stations: |
Talibabad (Dhaka), Betbunia (Rangamati) |
Geography:
Location: |
Between 20°34 and 26°38 north latitude and between 88°01 and 92°41 east longitude |
Boundary: |
North: India, West: India, South: Bay of Bengal |
Area: |
147,570 sq. km.( 56,977 sq miles) |
Territorial water: |
12 nautical miles |
Maritime economic zone: |
200 nautical miles |
Main seasons: |
Spring (February-March), Summer (April-June), Monsoon (July-September), Autumn (October-November) and Winter (December-January) |
Principal seasonal crops and fruits: |
Rice, jute, wheat, tobacco, pulses, sugarcane, oil seeds, spices, vegetables, potatoes, jack-fruit, banana, mango, coconut, pineapple, etc |
Natural resources: |
Natural gas, coal, limestone, ceramic clay, hard rock, glass sand, etc |
Principal rivers: |
Padma (Ganges), Meghna, Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Teesta, Surma and Karnaphuli(total 310 rivers including tributaries) |
National Demographics:
Total population: |
159 million [2015 estimated] |
Sex ratio |
100.3 males per 100 female |
Annual population growth rate: |
1.2% (2015 est.) |
Population below poverty line: |
22.4% |
Density (per sq km): |
1077 |
Life expectancy at birth |
70.09 years (2014) |
Labour force: |
80.27 million |
Sectoral distribution of labour force: |
Agriculture: 45% , Industry: 20.8%,Others: 34% |
Electricity generation |
15,300 Mega Watt (80% people have access to electricity) |
Religion: |
Muslims 89.5%, Hindus 9.6%, Buddhists 0.5%, Christians 0.3%, and others 0.1%. |
Ethnic groups: |
Bengali 98%;there are 27 ethnic minority groups who constitute 1.1% of the total population. |
GDP |
US$ 229.76 billion (2016) |
GDP annual growth rate : |
7.05% (2015-16) |
GDP per capita (PPP): |
US$ 3,400 (2014 est), |
GDP per capita (Nominal) |
US$ 1466 (2016) |
GDP composition by sector |
Agriculture - 15.1%, Industry- 26.5%, Services- 53.5% (2014 est.) |
Total exports: |
US$ 34.26 billion (2015-16) |
Major export partners: |
US - 16.3%, Germany - 11.8%, UK - 7.7%, France - 4.8%, Netherlands - 4.7%, Spain - 4.4% |
Total imports: |
US$ 40.03 billion (2015 -16) |
Major import partners: |
China - 21.9%, India - 14%, Singapore - 5.8%, Malaysia - 5.3% |
Total Foreign Direct Investment -FDI: |
US$ 2.03 billion (2016) |
Export Processing Zones: |
08 |
Special Economic Zones(SEZs): |
Government has taken an initiative to introduce 100 SEZs throughout the country. So far, 06 government SEZs are operational and 37 others have acquired land and are under development. 08 non government SEZs are operational and under construction. |
Remittances |
US$ 14.93 billion in 2015-16 FY |
Foreign currency reserves: |
32 + billion (December 2016) |
Currency: |
BDT (1 BDT = US $ 0.01267) (January 2017) |
Inflation rate: |
5.03% |
For further information/important link about Bangladesh:
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
https://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/index.php
THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
https://www.pmo.gov.bd
BANGLADESH NATIONAL PORTAL
https://www.bangladesh.gov.bd
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
https://www.mincom.gov.bd
BANGLADESH INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHOEITY (BIDA)
https://www.boi.gov.bd, e-mail: service@bida.gov.bd,
BANGLADESH ECONOMID ZONES AUTHORITY (BEZA)
https://www.beza.gov.bd
BANGLADESH EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES AUTHORITY (BEPZA)
Email: chairman@bepza.org, member-ip@bepza.org
https://www.epzbangladesh.org.bd
BANGLADESH EXPORT PROMOTION BUREAU (EPB)
https://www.epb.gov.bd
FEDETATION OF BANGLADESH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (FBCCI)
https:// www.fbcci-bd.org, E-mail: fbcci@bol-online.com
DHAKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DCCI)
https:// www.dhakachamber.com, Email : info@dhakachamber.com
FOREIGN INVESTORS’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DCCI)
https://ficci.org.bd, E-mail: info@ficci.org.bd
BANGLADESH PARJATAN CORPORATION
https://www.parjatan.portal.gov.bd
[25th November 2017]
Bangladesh and Myanmar will start repatriating refugees in two months, Dhaka said on Thursday (Nov 23), as global pressure mounts over a crisis that has forced more than half a million Rohingya to flee across the border.[Details...]
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UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA
Address: Ramna, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
https://www.univdhaka.edu
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Address: Dhaka-1000,Bangladesh
https://www.buet.ac.bd
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (IUT)
Address: Board Bazar,Gazipur, Bangladesh
https://www.iutoic-dhaka.edu
BANGLADESH OPEN UNIVERSITY
Address: Board Bazar, Gazipur-1705, Bangladesh
https://www.bou.edu.bd/
UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI
Address: Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
https://www.ru.ac.bd
BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Address: BCSIR, Dr. Qudrat-i-Khuda Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
https://www.bcsir.gov.bd
CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY
Address: Chittagong-4349,
https://www.cu.ac.bd
ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY KUSHTIA
Address: Shantidanga-Dulalpur, Kushtia, Bangladesh
https://www.iu.ac.bd
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY
Address: P.O.Box 9330185, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
https://www.juniv.edu
SHAHJALAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY
Address: East Subidbazar, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
https://www.sust.edu
BANGANANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (BSMMU)
Address: Shahbagh, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
https://www.bsmmu.edu.bd
DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE
Address: Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
https://www.dmc.gov.bd
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