Outline of Bangladesh

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bangladesh:

An enlargeable map of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Bangladesh – sovereign country located in South Asia.^[1] It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "The land of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. Bangladesh became an independent sovereign nation in 1971 after a bloody struggle for liberation from Pakistan led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and General M. A. G. Osmani. Bangladesh is the eight-most populous country and the fifth-most populous democracy in the world. Furthermore, Bangladesh inherited the borders drawn by Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe during Partition.

General reference

Pronunciation: English: /ˌbæŋɡləˈdɛʃ, ˌbɑːŋ-/, Bengali: [ˈbaŋladeʃ]
Common English country name: Bangladesh
Official English country name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Common endonym: Bangladesh
Official endonym: Bangladesh
Adjectival: Bangladeshi (official), Bengali (colloquial)
Demonym: Bangladeshis (official), Bengalis (colloquial)
ISO Country codes: BD, BGD, 050
ISO Region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BD
Internet country code top-level domain: .bd, .বাংলা
International rankings of Bangladesh

Geography of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is: a country
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
  - Asia
    - South Asia
      - Indian subcontinent
        Greater Bangladesh
- Time zone: Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06), Bangladesh Daylight Saving Time (UTC+07)
- Extreme points of Bangladesh
  - High: Saka Haphong 1,052 m (3,451 ft)
  - Low: Bay of Bengal 0 m
- Land boundaries: 4,246 km
  Republic of India 4,053 km
  
  Myanmar 193 km
- Coastline: 580 km
  Bay of Bengal
Population of Bangladesh: 162,221,000 (2009) – 8th most populous country
Area of Bangladesh: 147,570 square kilometres (56,980 sq mi) – 94th largest country
Atlas of Bangladesh

Environment of Bangladesh

An enlargeable satellite image of Bangladesh

Natural geographic features of Bangladesh

Ecoregions of Bangladesh

Administrative divisions of Bangladesh

Divisions of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
  - Upazilas of Bangladesh

Divisions of Bangladesh

Districts of Bangladesh

Barisal

Chittagong

Dhaka

Khulna

Mymensingh

Rajshahi

Rangpur

Sylhet

Subdistricts of Bangladesh

Upazilas of Bangladesh The districts are subdivided into 493 sub-districts, or upazila.

Cities of Bangladesh

Major cities of Bangladesh
- Dhaka – capital city and the political, economic and cultural heart of Bangladesh. Dhaka is the most populous city in Bangladesh and the tenth-largest city in the world, with a population of over 15 million inhabitants.
- Chittagong – second most populous city and main seaport of Bangladesh. It is a major commercial, financial and industrial hub. Located on the Karnaphuli River, it is the administrative seat of Chittagong District and Chittagong Division (the largest division of Bangladesh). The metropolitan area has a population of 4 million residents.
- Khulna – third-largest city in Bangladesh, with a population of more than 1.4 million people. Khulna is also the third largest economic centre in Bangladesh. The major sectors are jute, chemicals, fish and seafood packaging, food processing, sugar mills, power generation and shipbuilding.
- Rajshahi – Rajshahi is a prominent commercial hub and industrial centre of North Bengal. For its venerable silk industry, it is nicknamed "Silk City". It has a population of more than 800,000.
- Barisal – city in southern Bangladesh, rice and other crops producing centre of Bangladesh. Fish is also plentiful because Barisal stands on the Kirtankhola River and is surrounded by it. A Bengali saying states, Dhan, nadi, khal ai tine Barisal, which translates to "paddy, river and canal are the three things that make Barisal". It is a fast growing city, with nearly 0.38 million people and a divisional headquarters, university, medical college, engineering college, cadet college, some pharmaceutical industries, and textile industries. The city is sometimes called the "Venice of the East" or the "Venice of Bengal".^[2]
- Sylhet – city with a population of over 500,000 people that lies on the banks of Surma River in north-east Bangladesh. It is surrounded by tea estates, sub-tropical hills, rain forests and river valleys; the region is one of the leading tourist destinations in the country.
- Comilla – city in eastern Bangladesh, located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, 97 kilometres from the capital city, Dhaka, which can also be reached by railway. Comilla is second-largest city of eastern Bangladesh after Chittagong and is one of the three oldest cities in Bangladesh.
- Rangpur City – 5th-largest city in Bangladesh, located in its north western part. Agricultural products such as rice, jute (called the golden fibre of Bangladesh), wheat, tobacco, and potato are the major driving power of the economy here.
- Narayanganj – city in central Bangladesh, located in the Narayanganj District, near the capital city of Dhaka. The city is on the bank of the Shitalakshya River and has a population of 220,000. The river port of Narayanganj is one of the oldest in Bangladesh. It is also a centre of business and industry, especially the jute trade and processing plants, and of the textile sector of the country.
- Gazipur City – city in central Bangladesh with a population of over 1.1 million.
- more cities...
List of cities and towns in Bangladesh

Villages of Bangladesh

Villages in Bangladesh

Demography of Bangladesh

Demographics of Bangladesh

Government and politics of Bangladesh

Politics of Bangladesh

Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic
Capital of Bangladesh: Dhaka
Elections in Bangladesh

Since independence of the country, 10 Parliamentary Elections and 3 Presidential Elections were held. There were 6 other presidential elections under Parliamentary management.^[3]

Branches of government

Government of Bangladesh

Executive branch of the government of Bangladesh

Head of state: President of Bangladesh
Head of government: Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Cabinet of Bangladesh

Legislative branch of the government of Bangladesh

Parliament of Bangladesh: Jatiyo Sangshad (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Bangladesh

Court system of Bangladesh

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Foreign relations of Bangladesh

Foreign relations with specific countries

International organisation membership

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a member of:^[1]

African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF)
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Colombo Plan (CP)
Commonwealth of Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 77 (G77)
Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Criminal Court (ICCt) (signatory)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)

World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Member state of the United Nations
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
- United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
- United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Law and order in Bangladesh

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Law of Bangladesh

Military of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Army during Victory Day Parade 2011

Military of Bangladesh

Local government in Bangladesh

History of Bangladesh

History of Bangladesh
Timeline of Bangladeshi history
History of Bengal – geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia. was politically divided in the 1947 Partition of Bengal based on religion: predominantly Hindu West Bengal became a province (now a state) of India, and predominantly Muslim East Bengal (now Bangladesh) became a province of Pakistan.