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What type of country is Bangladesh? |
Travel Info tell me something nice abt bangladesh Travel Tips The people of Bengal, despite terrible poverty and the constant affliction of nature (especially severe because so much of the country is very low laying and susceptible to flooding) remain kind, hopeful, generous and decent. That, IMHO, is the nicest thing that could be said of any place and its people anywhere. Others Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search 唳椸Γ唳唳班唳距Δ唳ㄠ唳む唳班 唳唳傕Σ唳距Ζ唰囙Χ G么noprojatontri Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Flag Coat of arms Motto: none Anthem: Amar Shonar Bangla "My Golden Bengal" Capital (and largest city) Dhaka 23掳42鈥睳 90掳22鈥睧 Official languages Bengali (Bangla) Government Parliamentary republic - President Iajuddin Ahmed - Prime Minister vacant - Chief of Caretaker Govt. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed Independence from Pakistan - Declared March 26, 1971 - Victory Day December 16, 1971 Area - Total 144,000 km虏 (94th) 55,622 sq mi - Water (%) 7.0 Population - 2006 estimate 147,365,352 (7th) - 2001 census 129,247,233[1] - Density 998.6[2]/km虏 (7th) 2,639[2]/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate - Total $305.9 billion (31st) - Per capita $2100 (141st) HDI (2004) 0.530 (medium) (137th) Currency Taka (BDT) Time zone BDT (UTC+6) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+6) Internet TLD .bd Calling code +880 - SubCodes Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is surrounded by India on all sides except for a small border with Myanmar to the far southeast and 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 "Country of Bengal" and is written as 唳唳傕Σ唳距Ζ唰囙Χ and pronounced ['ba艐lad酞e蕛] (help路info) in the official Bengali language. The borders of Bangladesh were set by the Partition of India in 1947, when it became the eastern wing of Pakistan (East Pakistan), separated from the western wing by 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles). Despite their common religion of Islam, the ethnic and linguistic gulf between the two wings, compounded by an apathetic government based in West Pakistan, resulted in the independence of Bangladesh under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971 after the bloody Bangladesh Liberation War, in which it was supported by India. The years following independence have been marked by political turmoil, with thirteen different heads of government, and at least four military coups. The population of Bangladesh ranks seventh in the world, but its area of approximately 144,000 square kilometres (55,600 sq mi) is ranked ninety-fourth, making it one of the most densely populated countries in the world, or the most densely populated country if small island nations or city-states are not included. It is the fourth largest Muslim-majority nation, but has a slightly smaller Muslim population than the Muslim minority in India. Geographically dominated by the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the country has annual monsoon floods, and cyclones are frequent. Bangladesh is one of the founding members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), BIMSTEC, and a member of the OIC and the D-8. wikipedia.com Something nice..... The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below" WINNER: Muhammad Yunus; Grameen Bank Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Founded in 1976 Founder of Grameen Bank its beautiful nice Bangladesh is becoming Garments factory of the world. Apart from success in Garments industries, there is hardly anything "Nice" about Bangladesh that can stand out in the crowd of niceties those people can distinguish among similar countries like Bangladesh. Here is an interesting reading that I got from Internet search: We鈥檝e all heard about the innumerable sweatshops dotting the globe, and Bangladesh is one of them: Impoverished Bangladesh, which has some 4,200 garment factories, relies on the industry for more than three-quarters of its 10.5 billion-dollar export earnings. More than two million workers, some 85 per cent of whom are women, work in the sector which is notorious for poor salaries and shabby safety standards. Together they produce $5 billion worth of clothing every year, accounting for 75 percent of the country鈥檚 exports. Many of the sweaters produced are eventually shipped to the United States (38 percent of all Bangladesh鈥檚 garment exports end up in the U.S.). For 30 years, the garment industry has been a central engine of the Bangladesh economy, employing nearly 2 million people each year and supporting another 10 million to 15 million, or roughly 10 percent of the population. Apparel and textiles account for nearly everything Bangladesh exports 鈥?if this source of income dries up, there鈥檚 no other industry to take its place. Millions of people suddenly thrust out of work and foreign exchanges evaporating are a nightmare scenario for Bangladesh. The country鈥檚 unemployment rate is already at 40 percent, and nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. At the beginning of 2005, the World Trade Organization phased out a 30-year-old textile quota system that gave countries like Bangladesh a guaranteed portion of the global garment trade. Without these protections, Bangladesh must now openly compete against juggernauts like China and India, who are expected to thrash Bangladesh and other smaller countries in this increasingly global marketplace [Link]. In terms of volume, Bangladesh is the 3rd largest exporter of apparel to the United States, following only China and Mexico. If current growth continues, Bangladesh is poised to surpass Mexico in 2007. In 2005, Bangladeshi factories shipped 786 million garments to the U.S. with a wholesale value of $2.4 billion. In the first seven months of 2006, Bangladeshi garment exports are up 23 percent over the same period last year. Bangladesh is on track to ship over one billion garments to the United States this year, which amounts to over three garments for every man, woman and child in America. Currently the basic minimum wage, which has not been increased since 1994, is Tk. 600 (Can$10) a month. Bangladeshi garment workers鈥?wages are among the lowest in the world. Unions and labor rights NGOs in Bangladesh have joined together in demanding that the basic monthly minimum wage for the country鈥檚 2 million garment workers be raised to Bangladeshi Taka (Tk.) 3000 (Can$50 a month) [Link]. The workers rejected the proposed minimum wage of $23, saying that it was still too low and that it can certainly meet the demand of $50. In May and June 2006, the garment workers staged protests and riots. Not that most of the world sees this side of the garment industry. While Bangladesh is currently experiencing political upheaval, the financial news is more concerned about Bangladesh losing foreign direct investments (FDI鈥檚) due to an 鈥渦nstable鈥?climate rather than the workers鈥?rights and well being. |
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