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Independence: 1971 from Pakistan after a 9-month long bloody war. Facts at a Glance.
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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 BangladeshArea: 143,998 sq kmPopulation: 135 millionCapital city: Dhaka (pop: 6 million)People: 98% Bengali, 1% Bihari, 1% tribalLanguage: Bangla (Bengali)Religion: 87% Islam, 12% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist & 0.3% ChristianGovernment: Constitutional RepublicPresident: Dr. Yazuddin Ahmed • Economic Profile • GDP: US$48 billionWorld GDP ranking: 56thGDP per head: US$330Annual growth: 4.5%Inflation: 3%Major industries: Textiles, clothing, jute Major trading partners: US, Japan, South Korea
Bangladesh Territory Bangladesh is nestled in the crook of the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by India. It shares a border in the south-east with Myanmar and fronts onto the Bay of Bengal. The country is flat, flat, flat, and dominated by the braided strands of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Jamuna delta.
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 Bangladeshwere 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 Planned Killing of the Intellectuals Massacre by Pakistani Soldiers
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR On December 16,1971 Gen. Niazi (Middle) of Pakistan scorted by Gen. Aurora (left) and Major Haider (right) surrendered with 91 thousand soldiers. A Poster by Potua Kamrul Hasan depicts President Yahiya Khan of Pakistanas a Demon
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 : afterconservation Visnu, Bronze : before 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 Shomi Keiser Bipasha Shuborna
TV PERFORMER Tarin Mou
TV PERFORMER Afsana Mimi Ishita Tazin
FILM ACTRESS Popi Shabnur
FILM ACTRESS Shabzan Moushumi
BANGLADESH IN THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 1999 In 1999 World Cup Cricket, Bangladesh beat Pakistan
FIRST TEST MATCH Against India
OBSERVANCE OF 21ST FEBRUARY-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY